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DETROIT, MAY 12, 1923

CURRENT COMMENT;





 





 





Knowing how, makes the doing of

hard jobs easier.





The more gossip one spreads, the

less likely is one to spread facts.





It doesn’t seem that this wireless

age has had any effect on wire-pulling

in politics.



It is a peculiar fact that we always

cheer the loudest when the orator

tells us' we are a great people.





FEW days ago



Those t h e announce-

ment was In a d e



Patronage that the Michigan

Dividends Live Stock Exchange





is paying a $7,000 pat-

ronage dividend. This dividend repre-

sents a refund to member patrons of

ten per cent of all commissions paid

to the exchange for sales service.



This is the second Michigan com-

modity marketing exchange to declare

a patronage dividend within the past

month. Last week the Michigan Ele-

vator Exchange paid over to its mem-

ber associations a dividend of $8,000.

For some time past, the Michigan Po-

tato Growers' Exchange has been do-

ing the same thing.



This adds further evidence to the

conclusion that our leaders in recom-

mending to Michigan producers that

they organize their cooperative sales

institutions along commodity lines.

were sound in their judgment.





REPETITION 0f



Curb the sugar fiasco



h S of 1920, when prices

t 3 .ugar for that necessity

Proflteers soared to a point en-





tirely beyond reason,

seems to be well started. Investiga-

tion of the present sugar situation re-

veals a number of apparent facts re-

garding which every thinking citizen

should be informed, to the end that

the profiteers may be curbed before

the public is again milked as dry as

they have apparently planned.



AI a necessary premise to a correct

understanding of the situation let us

first consider the naturally controlling

elements of supply and demand. Sta-

tisticians apparently agree that the

World’s sugar crop for the current year

is fully up to or a little above normal.

Production of- beet sugar in Europe"



" increased sufficiently to make up

the shortened production in the





 





 





 

   

 

   





Which is somewhat above noninal. .The- .

failure of theCubin crop“ to come up





to this . estimate is » the reason ad»

vanced in sugar. circles for the‘sudde‘n

and-sharp increase in the . price of





refined sugar, Which ha :1 come home .





to every housewife in recent weeks.

There is a difference in'the‘recent es-





timates of sugar statisticians regard- 1





ing the Cuban crop, but apparently re-

liable sources of information indicate

that the Cuban run-out will beat least

within eight to ten per cent of the

original estimates, which would leave

a normal. crop.



Consumption statistics show a mark-

ed increase in sugar consumption in





the United States, our per capita conr





sumption in 1922 having been 103.14

pounds, as compared with 98.65 pounds

in 1921, and an average of 83.56

pounds for the previous four years.





"But in spite of the fact that each man,





woman and child in the United States

now consumes practically his own

weight of sugar in a year, dependable

figures seem to indicate that there is

sugar enough in sight for all and to

still leave a small carry-over. Why,

then, the present high price of this

staple foodstuff? The apparent facts

seem to indicate the correct answer

to lie in unwarranted speculation if

not in gross profiteering, with a pre-

ponderance of evidence indicating the

latten. .



As to the speculation, there can be

no question. Operations on the New

York raw sugar exchange during the

month of February totaled something

like 1,500,000 tons, with actual deliv-

eries during the month of only about

one—fifth of this volume. It is con-

tended‘by the government that this is

a fictitious market, and far

baneful in its effects than operations

in grain futures, for the reason that

the latter is a domestic product, sub-

ject to domestic laws and regulations,

while sugar is a. foreign product not

subject to similar regulations, since

only Cuban raw sugar is traded in on

this exchange. For this reason the

government proposes to undertake to

put the sugar exchange out of busi-

ness in the hope of stabilizing the

sugar market on a more fair basis.

With advances in the market and in

remembrance of the 1920 market,

there has also been much speculation

in actual sugar stored away in the

hope of a further advance, as well as

advanced buying on the part of con-

sumers through fear of further advanc-

es, all of which conditions have favor-

ed profiteering. By whom?



During the days of the food admin-

istration, the government fixed the

spread in price between raw and re-

fined sugar, first at $1.35 per cwt. and

later at about $1.50 because of a high-

er raw sugar market, entailing great—

er costs. The latter figure is approx—

imately the present spread, so on the

surface of things the refiners are not

the profiteers, since the Cuban grow-

ers are apparently getting the benefit

of the rise. But inquiry as to Cuban

growers brings alleged information

that seven New York institutions con-

trol from seventy to seventy-five per

cent of the Cuban crop and that three

or four others control another five per

cent. It is said that one of these in-

stitutions owns something like 500

square miles of sugar land in Cuba.

If the raw sugar, which is the source

of our main supply, is thus closely

held and controlled, it is small wonder

that the price goes soaring unexpect-

edly.



But: what of the remedy? Govern-

ment action will be slow, even it et~

fective. ’ The most effective remedy is

in our own hands. Let us get back to

normal in the matter of consumption





at least until the profiteers are curb?





ed Already in the cities housewives

are being rallied to a consumers’





strike to relieve this situation which,

" seems a have been planned to cover.- "





more -





will lower present market prices and

help support the market when bin! oWn

crap is being marketed. Practice a

little self-denial in daily sugar con—

sumption, at least until assured that

{profiteerlng has been curbed. '

Already the. advance .‘has been stop-

ped and the market is.,breaking as a

result of government pressure and

consumers" ' protests. . Private specu-

latdrs are said to be unloading in fear

oft-he result. Let’s make a good job

of it while We have the speculators

going.

I



UST who pays the

freight? That is a





C‘ 0‘ 5’ question which can

and be easily answered.

F. O. B. In manufactured arti-





cles, t h 6 consumer



pays the freight; in agricultural arti-

cles, the producer does likewise.



The farther the farmer is from his





market, the less he gets for‘ his com»





modify. The farther the auto manu-





facturer, for instance, is from his mar--





ket, the more the buyer pays for his

auto. The auto manufacturer is work-

ing on the f. o. b. basis while the

farmer is working on the mob basis—-

everybody for himself.



The manufacturer has his product

centralized, organized and standardiz-

ed (C. O. S.) while the farmer has his

generalized, individualized and com-

missionied. '



But, never mind, the f. o. b. basis

works~with the raisin growers and

fruit men of the west, for instance.

Even here in Michigan, in the compar-

atively little industry of growing forc-

ed rhubarb f. o. b. is working much

better than the ship-and-take-what—

you-can—get basis. We tell you more

about that in another column.



The idea is, that it is not because it

is farming that we have to work on

the give-me-what-you-want basis. but

because we are not centralized, stand—

ardized and organized. Those are the

essentials necessary to get on the you-

buy-on-my-market basis. It needs 0.

O. S. to F. O. B.



It may seem a little far fetched to

think that we can 0'. O. S. some of

our farm products, like. wheat and

corn, but we are going to do it some

time because old' agriculture is fast

taking on new business methods.





F there is any one





season of the year



Alli)": when the appeal of



t e nature may be said to

Hedgerows be , strongest, that





season 1s spring. The

freedom of the great out-of-doors

swells the soul of red-blooded persons

at all seasons, but in the sp'ring time

when all nature comes to life, the

sunshine, warmth and comfort draws

one out to wander along the streams,

over the meadows, and through the

woods.



The fresh growth of all vegetation

shows life renewed. The air itself

seems alive. It is laden with the per-

fume of flowers, the aroma of rapidly

growing verdure, the odors of the soil

and of the forest mold.



To him who, in the love of nature,

takes note of these things, life takes

on new meaning. He learns to find

“Tongues in Trees, Backs in Running

Brooks, Sermons in Stones, and Good

in Everything. "



In solitude he meditates upon the

wonders of the forest; how, through

the centuries, it has grown and with-

stood the ravages ot the elements.

Periods come each year when it must





stand still andnmm; now and than





storms shatter the growth of many

years; yet the forest keeps on, it does

not lose courage It hides its time

and each returning spring am tract;

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; {0011.15 m.- that 1111 life would.





1 some of that work done.





_. to tide . yet .i't .

finick-

1y become extinct without it; its de-

structive never is such that millions

of lives succumb to it when in vicieht

mood.



It meanders down the stream, ici-

lowing a rough pathway here, streWn

With stones and jagged rocks; flowing

smoothly there; making rapid pro-

gress now; and then coming to an

eddy and going rOund and round. How

like human life it is'..



Wandering out across the pastures

he notes the rapid growth of grass

from day to day. There comes to him





‘ the thought eXpressed by John J. In:





galls in his “Ode to Grass.” "It bears

no blazonry of

senses with fragrance or "splendor; It

yields'no fruit in‘ earth or air, yet

should its harvests fail. for a single

year famine would .depopulate the

earth.”



Gradually he comes to realize that

each particle of life so abundantly dis=

played aldng the hedgerows has its

town-particular place in nature’s great

scheme of things. Even his own life

is but a part of it.





There is much ‘joy and contentment

and satisfaction and wisdom to be

gleaned from the hedgerows in the

spring for him who will but take the

time and “list to nature’s teachings.”





About W/zat’r Comz'n’





'VE been holding what you call my



ink dispenser in my hand for a long

time, waitin’ for some ideas to come,

but it looks like they’s hard comin'

this time. Seems like the only thing

I kin think about is my sittin’ on the

ground in front of a table cloth and

helpin' in the consumsh-un of farm

products so the price will get higher.



For inst., I kin see myself eatin’

profusely-like, of fried chicken, potato

salad, hard boiled

eggs, dill pickles.

cheese sandwich-a

es, baked beans,

pumpkin pie, apn

ple pie, cake with

white frostin’ on

it, and—— Well,

almost just from

thinkin’ about it,

I kinda feel full“

like. just like I got enough to go and

lay under a tree and go to sleep.



Then the next easiest thing I kin

think about is fishin’. Just settin’

there With a D018 in your hand and

the hook in the water, and not 'carin"

whether there is bait on the hook or

not, is my sentiments.





The best part of fishin’is just set-

tln' in the sum and thinkin’ about

nothin’ in perticuler, with a fish bitin”

once in a while to let you know you

are on earth. You just don’t care if

Ezra Smith pays you what he owes

you, or if the Handy Market down

town gets paid or not.

think if Sophie is cross or happy, or

whether the cat is got the colic or

not. Them is happy moments, I tell

you, and some of them happy moments

is cdmin’ to me mighty soon





Nofiw seein’ I've got through with

my fishin', I don’t know what else to

write about. Sophie says, “Tell them

about how far behind you are in your

work. " That ain’t a good suggeschun,

’cause them ain’t pleasant thoughts.

And all I believe in handin’ out, just

now, anyhow, is pleasant thoughts.



' Sophie is just after me all the time

now, about getting out. and gettin'

Likewise. I

just got a bill from that Handy Mar-

hot I was tellin' you about. So, I ain't

got no more happy thoughts. So about





 





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‘-vator_ seat and talk ”then.





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. ration, composed of shelled

corn, corn silage and red clover hay

With block salt, increases, perceptibly,





,the profits in fattening two-year-old





steers at the present prices of protein

supplements, is the most important-





Home-grown Feeds Enabled this Steer





Corn, Corn Silage and Clover Hay,

~The Cost of 100 Pounds Gain was





tle Feeders’ Day held at Ames, on

April 25.

The tests carried out this year were

A to determine the relative value of lin-

seed oil meal and cottonseed oil meal,

the place of silage in the steer ration,

the value of a protein supplement in

a corn-clover hay or corn-corn silage-

clover hay ration, and the comparison

of numerous other less promising beef

cattle ratidns. ‘



Ten lots of two—year-old Wyoming

steers purchased on the Omaha mar-

ket last fall were started in the test



,on December 22, 1922. 'Seven 1,050-

pound Steers were included in each

lot. They were followed by three

hogs. The cost of: these steers at the

time they entered the test, including





the cost of feed while they were in ,





‘the college lots before December 22,

was $7.59 per hundred.

V The Best Returns.



,The "group that made the best show-

ing from the dollars and cents point

of view—and this is the practical point

of view—ereceived the standard corn

belt ration of shelled corn, corn silage,

red clover hay, and block salt, with

one and one-half pounds of linseed oil





meal. The hay and salt were self—fed,





the shelled corn and silage handfull-

fed, and the linseed oil meal fed twice

daily on the shelled cern. While the

daily gain of 2.6 pounds made by these

steers was not as high as that of the





steerswhich received three pounds of

.cottdnseed oil meal, they returned a

profit 'of‘$‘4.65 per animal. They were





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appraised at $10 per hundred 011 the

basis of yesterday’s Chicago market

by the Chicago packers. The feed cost

per 100 pounds gain, crediting the feed

saved by the hogs, was $12.40, based





on Ames prices. Had these feeds been





 





to do Very Well. He Got Shelled

with a Small Amount of Block Salt.

$11.96, Crediting Feed Used by Hogs.

grown on the farm the cost would

have been less and the net profit

slightly more.



The group that ranked second in

amount of profit returned received

shelled corn, medium red clover hay,

block salt, and a pound and a half 01‘

linseed oil meal with no corn silage.

Appraised at $10, Chicago price, each

of the steers in this group returned a

net profit of $4.25 above feed cost.

This seems to indicate that the pres—

ence or absence of corn silage in the

steer ration makes little difference in

the cost of the gains-This group made

its gains at a cost of $13.44 while the

group that received silage made its

gains at $13.45 per 100 pounds.



Linseed vs. Cottonseed Oil Meal.



In the tests linseed oil meal made

a much better showing than cotton-

seed oil meal. A comparison of: the

two groups that received‘similar ra«

tions with the exception of the linseed

oil meal and the cottonseed meal

shows that the latter lost an average

of $2.18 per steer while the linseed

meal group made a profit of $4.25 per

steer, crediting the feed saved by the

hogs. Another comparison shows the

spread between profit and loss was

cut down by the addition of silage to

the ration which contained either of

these two protein supplements. With

silage added, the linseed meal group

made a profit of $4.65 per steer, while

the cottonseed meal group lost only

fifty-seven cents per steer. This would

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tonseed meal at its present price costs





more than it is worth, apparently. '





Results of this experiment indicate

that with the price of the oil meals at

the level they were during this test

they can not be fed, with profit except

in small amounts.‘ According to the

results linseed oil meal seems to pro-

duce more economical gains than cot-





, .tonseed oil meal, not only made the





of the experiment is that the lot that

received only shelled corn, corn silage,

clover hay and block salt, made 100

pounds gain at a IOWer net cost than

any of the others. This figure was

$11.96, crediting .feed saved by the

hogs.

Highest Daily Gain.



The group receiving corn and

clover hay, plus three pounds of

tonseed oil meal not only made the

highest daily gain of 2.8 pounds, but

also made this . gain on the lowest

amount of feed per 100 pounds of gain

made. From the figures announced

this may be interpreted to mean that





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necessity of feeding the protein sup-

plements in small quantities as a

pound and a half of linseed oil mealin

the same basal ration made a profit

of $1.56 per steer. The poorest show-9

ing of the entire experiment was made

by a group of steers that were fed‘

shelled corn, clover hay, block salt

and one and one-half pounds of cot-

tonseed oil meal. The steers in this

group made the lowest daily gains of

any, and required 945.5 pounds of feed

to make 100 pounds of gain, which was

the highest feed requirement of any

group. This feed cost $15.71, more

than any of the other rations. Credit-

ing the'feed saved by the hogs, five of

the ten lots returned a profit while the

other five were marked up with a loss.

Ames prices for the feeds used were

as follows: Shelled corn, sixty-three





cents per bushel; linseed oil meal,

$51.90 per ton; cottonseed oil meal

(treated), $51.65 per ton; corn silage,





$6.25 per ton; clover hay, $16 per ton;

block salt, $30 per ton. The estimated

prices on the farm of the feeds used

in this experiment were as follows:

Shelled corn, sixty cents per bushel;





 





These Steers Got a Full-feed Ration





May be Found on Nearly Every Michigan Farm—Corn, Corn





of Home-grown Feeds—Feeds which

Silage and





Clover Hay. They Gained Approximately 2.4 Pounds Per Head Each Day





for 120 Days.





if the price of cottonseed oil meal was

somewhat lower it would be the most

profitable to feed as a supplement, as

high daily gain at a low feed require-

ment is what is desired in fattening

steers. This group of steers made 100

pounds gain on 783.8 pounds of feed,

at a cost of $14.05, excluding the feed

saved by the hogs. This lot lost an

average of $3.05 per steer above the

feed cost. ,



Three pounds of linseed oil meal ad-

ded to the ration of corn, clover hay

and block salt, returned the largest

loss of the entire ten rations. Exclud-

ing the feed saved by the hogs this

group of steers registered a loss of

$5.78 each. This result shows the





 





linseed oil meal, $51.90 per ton; cot

tonseed meal (treated), $51.65 per ton;

corn silage, $5.50 per ton; clover hay,

$13 per ton, and block salt $30 per ton.

Dressing percentages of the various

groups of steers were estimated by

the representatives of a Chicago com-

mission firm and ranged from sixty to

sixty-two per cent. Appraisals ranged

from $9.75 for the group that received

only shelled corn, clover hay and block

salt with corn silage, to $10 for each

of the group that received one and

one—half and three pounds of linseed

oil meal in addition to shelled corn,

and clover hay one and one-half

pounds of linseed oil meal also was

appraised at $10 per hundred.





 





 





 





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V: .._ A ;.~
HE bill to prevent unlawful dis-



crimination ~in the purchase of



potatoes was amended in. the

house, on motion of Representative

” David Butler, of Lapeer, to include

grain and beans, and was passed by

a vote of eighty- -five to three. The

. purpose of this bill is to protect small

‘ local private and cooperative elevators

and marketing associations from the

unfair competition which has been

practiced by some of theold-line po-

tato and grain buying companies.



It is common knowledge that some

unscrupulous dealers have paid far

more than the market price in towns

where a small elevator was trying to

get a start, in order to freeze out com-

petition. Then they would make good

their loss by paying far less than the

market price in localities where they

had no competition. Passage of. this

bill will tend to stabilize prices and

protect the cooperative marketing

movement. The bill was drafted by

the Michigan State Farm Bureau and

supported also by the Michigan Potato

Growers’ Exchange and the Michigan

Elevator Exchange.





 





Land Certification.



Restoration of the confidence of. the

investing public in Michigan lands is

the object of the land certification bill

drafted by the Development Bureau of

the State Department of Agriculture

and successfully piloted through the

legislature by Representative Thomas

Meggison, of Antrim county. In its

final'form the provisions of the bill

are entirely optional, and no one need

have his land certified unless he de-

sires.



The certification will be done only

upon request and will be carried out

‘by thoroughly competent men under

the direction of the state commission-

er of agriculture. The certification

will include a statement regarding

the soil, crop adaptations, type of ag-

riculture most successful in that im~

mediate locality, marketing facilities,

schools, and much other pertinent in-

1'01n1z1tion which would be helpful to

the hm er who was planning 011 invest-

ing in farm land.



The bill piovides that the commis-

sioner of agriculture may license real

estate dealers who promise to sell

only certified land. Such licenses

could be revoked by the commissioner

if the dealer failed to carry out the

letter or spirit of the law. This meas—

ure has now passed both houses and

been sent to the governor for his ap-

proval.



Reforestation Fostered.



Another bill sponsored by Repre-

sentative Meggison which is of ex—

treme importance to the northern part

of the state has received final legisla—

tive approval. This bill, which pro-





 





vides a deferred tax on forest growthL





passed the senate unanimously.



For years editorial writers and plat-

form orators have vied .with each other

in advocating reforestation for large

areas in northern Michigan, but until

now it has been felt that no very log-

ical scheme or system had been

brought forward to carry out this idea.

The state has spent thousands of dol-

lars in developing forest reserves and

planting young trees, but no great re-

sults have been achieved. The meas-

pm which has now received final legis-

lative approval is intended to encour-

‘age private reforestation, and is sim-





ilar in principle to 'measures which“





have proved very satisfactory' in





“-nts ire





this contrary weed.





By Our Laming Correspondent





Sweden and other European countries._



Under the terms of this bill, the

owner of any timber lands, or lands

chiefly valuable for the growth of tim-

ber within this state, may apply to the

commissioner of agriculture to have

such property set apart for the growth

of timber I,f after investigation, the





application is approved by the com- '

' missioner of agriculture, the land shall





thereafter be taxed at the rate of five

cents per acre annually.



After a twenty-five-year period the

timber would be subject to cutting, un-

der general control of the commission~

er of agriculture, who would guard

against‘ wasteful methods. At this

time the owner of the timber would be





assessed at tax equal to twenty-five .





per cent of the stumpage value of the

timber cut, to be. paid into the state

treasury. 1



There is a provision in the bill

which. would prevent it.from working

a hardship on any'local taxing unit.

Section six of the bill provides that.

“The state administrative board may,

in its discretion, advance to the town-

ships in which‘ any forest reserve

lands lie, such sums each year out! «of

the general fund of the state as will

compensate them for the amount of

taxes which would be collectible from

such forest reserve lands had they not

been registered.”



There was a general feeling that

the annual general property tax was

not adopted for the production of long-

time crops, such as forest products,





and that the passiage of this bill would

go a long way toward the most eco-

nomical utilization of large areas in

northern Michigan,-and would do more

to "premote forest development than





.large sums invested in paternalistic





tree planting by the state.





 





The Shepherd-Towner Bill.





Capital punishment, the gas tax and‘





other big issues of the session have

provoked fiery debates, but for pure

eloquence and high idealism, no de-

bate of the session could compare with

that which occurred when the so-call-

ed Shepherd-Towner bill came up for

final passage in the house, on the last

night of the session.



The Shepherd- Towner act is a piece

of federal legislation which offers gov-

ernment aid to the several states for

the promotion of the welfare and hy-

giene of maternity and infancy. In

Order to avail itself of this federal aid,

a state must provide an equal amount

of money to carry on the work. The

bill which has aroused so much com-

ment in the Michigan legislature was

the measure which provides for the

acceptance by this state of this act of

congress and which appropriates the

necessary state funds, amounting to

$30,000 per year.





'The bill was opposed by Representa-a





tive W'ardell, of Detroit, and Repre-

sentative Denias Dawe, of Monroe.

while the brunt of the argument in

favor of the bill was carried by Repre—

sentative Thomas I). Mcggison, of An~





 





 





 





Getting Rid of Sour DOCk





By Samuel Hagerman





3R the past two or three seasons

Fthe writer has employed a novel



method of destroying the different

members of the dock family. It has

worked so efficiently and thoroughly

that every farmer ought to know about

it and employ the same treatment to

It is not a very

desirable task to go into the fields on

a scorching hot day to pull or cut

these weeds, so I employ a much bet-

ter plan to accomplish the desired re-

sults. During the spring of the year

when using the spring-tooth harrow,

preparing the seed—bed, all r00ts that

are found of the dock family are car-

ried to the fences and placed so that

they will thoroughly dry out and die





Not very much time is required to

accomplish the gathering of the roots,

it being donexas you follow behind the

harrow and it is not necessary to stop

the team only in rare instances. To

do this work efficiently it is necessary

to have the reins long enough so that

you can walk about three‘feet or more

behind the harrow and keep a keen

lookout for the roots to appear. Then

as you come up alongside of them a

quick grasp is necessary and the root

is yours.





A small boxk or basket should be

wired~ t othe harrow the the roots can

be dropped into it. When it has be-





come full it then can be emptied

where desired.



This is a desirable plan from more

than One point of view, for during the

rush of spring work we are tempted

to hurry the horses, but if the above

plan is followed the tendency for this

is slightly decreased. Also, the joy it

brings from being free of this job

when the sum is doing his darndest to

melt a fellow, makes it worth the con-

sideration of the busiest of farmers.





Says Sam: Buying jazz records for

the graphophone is like buying any-

thing ,else that’s cheap.





 





Ground where last year’s chicks

died isn’t good ground for this year’s





chicks. Move the coops and breeders.





 





The cur dog may be a firm friend,

the mongrel cat a good mouser, but

the scrub bull makes nothing but trou-

ble, now and forever.





 





With things so high, the farmer

who puts out a good garden for next

summer is likely to be well repaid,

even if not a thing is sold out of it.





 





Who wishes to see perfectly clearly

before making a decision, never de-

cides. Not to accept regrets is not to

accept life. —Amiel.





trim: Representative John Holland, or

Bessemer;





Representative Chester

Howell, 6f Saginaw; 'Representative

Aaron Miles, of Big Rapids. and Rep-

r‘esentative John Espie, of Eagle.



In the arguments in favor of this

bill it was pointed out that while the

United States is supposed to be an

enlightened nation, we are seven-

teenth among the nations of the world

in the percentage of infant mortality.

The‘ idea that this work was going to

prove too expensive was scoffed at,





and the fact was shown that it would





cost but one per cent per capita in

Michigan. Representative Howell

pointed 'out that the legislature had

already appropriated without a mur-

mur vast sums for the criminals and

the unfortunates of the state, for its

educational institutions, for the eradi-

cation of bovine tuberculosis, and for

armories, gymnasiums and athletic

equipment, and it hardly seemed fit-

ting to talk economy when the moth-

ers and babies of Michigan .were con-

cerned.



This bill has been demanded by a

multitude of women ’s organizatiOns in

Michigan and has probably been the

most prolific source of petitions and

telegrams which have been rolling in

on the law- -makers throughout the ses-





sion. In response to this demand from’





their feminine constituents the repre-

sentatives voted .seventy- -fou1 to sixv

teen for the final passage of the bill.





 





Sterilization of Defectives.

'Another bill,which produced some

high-powered and sentimental elo-

quence was Senator Sligh’s proposal

to allow the sterilization 'of feeble

minded and mentally defective per-

sons. Those' who advocated the bill

declared that sterilization was the

proper treatment for many cases and

that it increased both the physical and

mental welfare of the individual, and

that, in many cases it would enable





the individual to “make good" in the ,





local community with the minimum

amount of supervision.

Representative Baxter,





in the house, declared that the enact—

ment of this bill would allow the state

officials to release at least one hun-

dred inmates from the institution for

the feeble minded at Lapeer and that

ten ‘per cent of those now coming to

this institution could be felt atglarge

in their home communities if this bill

were passed. The great financial sav-

ing to the state which would result

from the adOption of such a policy

was also pointed out by Representa-

ive Baxter. The bill finally passed

with a bare margin of five votes to

spare. Probably next session someone

will be urging its repeal.





 





A Workable Drain Law.





Every time the legislature has met





they have been passing more drainage





laws until conditions were such that}





only an expert could .be sure of the

law in regard to any drainage prob-

lem. It has been twenty-six years

since there was any general‘revision

or codification of the drain laws of

Michigan. So this session the drain-

age committees of the senate. and

house have been busily engaged in

preparing a general codnfication of the

drain laws of the state to repeal all





'of the previous laws on this subject





and to make one general and unified





act which wOuld cover all drainage.





laws. The bill finally passed ninety-

three to three.





 





of Grand .

,Rapids, led the fight for this measure
' the growers are profiting thereby.





 





OR the fastidious taste of those



who wish. to partake of a spring .



tonic throughout the entire win-

ter, the vegetable growers around De-

troit hays been forcing rhubarb. They.





‘ * have been producing these splendid

' crimson colored stalks of refreshing





acidity so well that Detroit is now rec— "





' ognized as the center for the best win;





ter-forced rhubarb in the country. And.





But things have not always been so.

Rhubarb has been forced by some of





 





Choice at the Left, and Extra Fancy

at the Right. Itgs the Rhubarb we

Mean.





these growers for twenty—five years but

someone else, not the growers, were

the ones to profit. It is just recently

that the growers have been getting

the pie out.of their pieplant, and this

is because of cooperative marketing.



In the old days the growers would

pull the stalks in their manure- -cover-

ed houses, tie them in bunches of

three and put these small bunches up

in bundles weighing about six to sev-

en pounds. These they would take to

what is known as the Eastern Market,

a municipal farmers market, where

they would wait for trade.



Of local trade there was little, and

the growers would wait until the mom-

ing was well along when one of the

commission men would come over, and





- 'say, “-Well, boys, just cart your rhu-

‘ barb over to my place and I will take 3





it off your hands.” This the growers

would be glad to do, as they were

anxious to get home again. When the

rhubarb was delive1ed, the commis-

sion man would write the growers out

checks as small as he thought they

would stand, and say, “Come again,

boys. ” Because the “boys" came again

and again, this commission man and





‘ several others waxed fat.

1" One time a grower noticed a big





   

   

   

   

   

 

 

   

   

 





 





Mitten Brand Means Quality in Farm

Produce. II: Also Means that Old

Methods of Marketing Are Getting

the Mitten. “ .



, dryegdods box filled1with rhubarb with



_ ' g. shippingitagwn it for some eastern

- ‘ the‘name thereon and





 

 





 

 





 





T fie Growers Get T éezr Just Deserts T érougé Cooperative Marketing





‘ I By Frank A. Wilken





cents a bunch of six to seven pounds.

As more farmers started to ship, the

price on the local market became high-

er, ,but the real improvement in the

rhubarb marketing business did not

take place until Mr. Frank .A. Bloom,

manager of the Farm Bureau Produce

Exchange, started Working out some





‘ notions of his.





TWo years ago, Mr. Bloom noticed

that the strings which tied the bunch-

es would cut in and bruise the stalks.

Also, he found that the bunches often

varied over a pound in weight, and

besides, packed in these large dry-

goods boxes, they had a tendency to

heat and were susceptible to injury

from freezing. Commission men at

distant points would report damage

from these various causes and would

discount the priCe accordingly.



Mr. Bloom thought there was a

chance for improvement. So he evolv-

ed a card—board box .much in appear-





' ance like the box one sometimes gets





flowers in from the florist. This box

holds just five pounds of rhubarb, and

ten of the boxes fit in a corrugated

carton.



The boxes and carton, enough for

fifty pounds of: rhubarb, cost the grow-

ers fifty- cents, or one cent per pound.

However, regardless of any difference

in the cost of this better package, and





been added, which marketed under the

Mitten Brand name. This brand is in

greater demand than they can supply,





and has sold during the past year for





$1.40 to $1.75 per five pounds. The Ex-

change’s fancy grade has sold for

$1.25 to $1.501and the choice for sixty-

five cents to $1.25.



The extra fancy grade are of good-

sized ,stalks, of the most beautiful

crimson color you ever . saw. The

fancys are of the same size but have

slight color blemishes. The choice are

the smaller off-color stalks.



The Exchange _has the markets so

well in hand, that the commission

men, who formerly had everything to

themselves, now come to the Exchange

to buy enough rhubarb to fill what

few orders they now get



One commission man who came to,

the Exchange for rhubarb was quoted

a price of $1.25 per five pounds. Nat-

urally, he complained of the price but

Mr. Bloom showed that as the actual

price they were receiving. So he

b0..ght. Later he learned that he could

have gone to the open market and

bought from farmers still outside of

the Exchange, bunches weighing six

to seven pounds for eighty-five cents.

Of course, the eighty-five-cent rhubarb

was not packed in the boxes nor grad-

ed as nicely, but the commission man





 





 





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The Old Way.





 





67 6~lb. bunches at 500. . . .$33.50

17 6—lb. bunches at 25c. .. , 4.25



Total ...................$37.75

Cost of dry—goods, boxes. ..$ 1.50





 





Net returns f. o. b. Detroit$36. 25





. ing- Is it worth while?





 





Does It Pay ?





ERE are the average reesults of two methods of marketing

rhubarb—the old dry-goods box way and the new fifty—pound

carton method. The figures are for 500 pounds of rhubarb.





Over $67 .,00 or 187 per cent, more for the same amount and

kind of rhubarb is the direct result of efficient cooperative market-





The New Method.





40 5-lb. boxes at $1.25....$50.00

40 5-lb. boxes at $1.10.... 44.00

20 5-lb. boxes at 75c.... 15.00



Total ........... . . . . . .$109.110

Cost of ten cartons ...... 5.00





 





Net retuins f. o. b. Det. “$104 00





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the old wooden box, the growers sav—'

In the old





method, bunches averaged six to sev-





ed money by the use of it.





e11 pounds.- Under the new method,

they are exactly five pounds which,





with the price the same, would mean





a saving of from one to two pounds.

At the very low aveiage of fifteen

cents a pound, the saving in rhubarb

in three boxes would pay for the en-

tire carton. Under the old method,

the growers were giving away at least

one-fifth. of their rhubarb.



This, however, was only one of the

advantages of the new package. The

rhubarb shipped much better because

it was not injured by being tied. Neith-

er did it heat nor freeze as easily. The

coriugated carton and the boxes fur-





nished plenty of dead air space as an ‘





Insulation against the cold. They also





.were much easier to handle and ship.





Last, but not least, the rhubarb





:brought more money in these pack-





ages than under the 01d method of

packing. In “other words, the growers

who market through the Farm Bureau

Exchange get more money for less

rhubarb than before.



Under the old methods there were

two grades, fancy and choice. -'. The





_ fancy has been selling during the past

' year for eigh





ty'fiir'e' cents to 31.09.1111





felt stung because he did not want to

pay that much extra for good grading

and packing.





Mr. Bloom’s experience with this

rhubarb market proves the statement

that eighty-five per cent of the people

buy by sight. The handsome package,

the good condition of the rhubarb at

its destination, and last, but not least.

the beautiful color of the rhubarb it-





self is what makes the demand for-





the Mitten Brand greater than can be

supplied. The growers could easily

grow rhubarb which lacked this color

but equal to what is now grown in

quality and in every other respect.

But, if they did, experience has showu

that the price would be about half of

what they get now. \



The Exchange’ s markets are scatter-





 





ed over the "whole eastern half of the

county. Many of the buyers are com-

mission and produce houses in other

cities. In the beginning of the season,

consignments were made to about fif-

teen different markets, but toward the





 





A Box of Mitten BrandiExtra Fancy),

and the ‘Picker .anctPacker Thereof.





end, as the trade became established,

only three markets were consigned to.

All the other markets bought on the

f. o. b. basis. Next season practically

all the markets will have to buy 1?. o.

b. Detroit.



During the past year, about fifty

per cent of the forced-rhubarb grow-

ers around Detroit come under the Ex-

change wing. The other fifty per cent

still think they can sell better on their

own hook, or are looking for a nigger

in the wood pile. Having dealt so

long with the get-as-much-out-of—the-

farmer-as-you-can methods, it takes a

little while for the fact to sink into

their minds that this is a real service-

to-the-t'armer proposition. This sea-

son’s demonstration of that fact makes

it quite certain that about seventy-five

per cent of the growers will market

through the Exchange next season.





Mr. Bloom is very modest regarding

the accomplishments of the Exchange

in the winter rhubarb market. He

says that they have just demonstrated

the'simple truths that it.pays to co-

operate, standardize, advertise and be

honest. But someone else said that

Mr. Bloom spent many a midnight

hour, planning and working out ways

to make these simple truths applic-

able, and many other hours showing

the farmers 110w to pack under the

new method. The big fact is that Mr.

Bloom has put the marketing of win-

ter rhubarb on a substantial, profit-

able business-like basis. Besides, he

has shownthat better business meth-

ods help to make better farming, for

the rhubarb men ‘now take a pride in

their prbduct never taken before.





Keeping good cows good is not a

high—ralutin’ notion; it is plain com-

mon sense and good business.
MORTGAGE OBLIGATION.





 





I bought a «farm for $8,000, giving

$3,000 down, leaving a mortgage for

' $5,000. First party holds $1,000 mort-

gage, second $2,000, and the man we

vbought of, $2,000. Now we let the

place go. I own another place. Party

holding first mortgage is going to fore-

close on us. Place is going to be

sold. If place does not bring enough

to cover mortgage, have they the right

to touch my' other place or my stock

or tools ?——N. K.



A purchase of land subject to mort~





gage may or may not create a person-

al obligation to pay the existing mort-

gage given by the prior owner, de-

pending on the wording of the as-

sumption by the purchaser; but at all

events the property is liable for the

first mortgage, and the mortgagor who

gave the mortgage is also personally

liable on that debt, though another has

promised to pay it. Also N. K. is

liable personally to pay his obligation,

though he has given a mortgage to

secure it, and if the mortgagee pre-

fers he may sue without foreclosing,

or for the unpaid balance after fore-

closure—Rood.





 





MARRlED WOMAN As GUARAN-

TOR.





My son signed for a course with a

correspondence school, and his mother

signed as guarantor. The son decided

not to finish the work. Having receiv—

ed payment for only the time used,

the company wants to collect the bal-

ance. The mother has not the money.

Can they hold me for her signature,

I being the husband and father and

did not sign the contracts—J. J.





Aniarried Woman’s guaranty is void.

She can make contracts only as to her

property. The husband is not bound

by it.» Rood .





 





 





FRAUD.





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I bought a farm through a real es-

tate man, and the farm was not as he

represented it to me. The ground was

covered with snow when I bought it.

Neither the real estate. man nor the

owner told me the truth. Can I make

them take it back. or what can I do?

Which is respons‘ible?~~D. K.



D. K. may retain the land and sue

for the damage he has suffered, or he

may file a bill in chancery after he

discovers the fraud and before doing

any act to ratify the sale, and have

the sale rescinded and a judgment for

his money—Rood.





 





BEET SEED FOR FEEDING.





 





Is beet seed as good as oats for

feeding cows and horses? The man.

we rent from wants us to feed beet

seed to the cows and stock. We did

feed it for a while and it made them

so loose that they started to lose

’flesh, so We quit feeding it until we

found out if it was any good ?—G. 0.



So far as can be ascertained, beet

seed has never been used as food for

live stock- _ No food analysis can be

found in any published feeding tables.

’We would naturally expect this, for it

‘is not‘grown for that purpose and al—

ways is ofgsuch value for seed pur~

poses that it would not even be con-

sidered as a. stock food.





There are, so far as can be learned.





no feeding tests of beet seed, hence '





‘it‘is safe to say that no one has‘ ever

fed it to amount to anything. ‘



Of course, it must contain some

. food value, for it germinates and

' grows and therefore contains protein,

carbohydrates and fat, but presumably

small quantities.

talus food nutrients is no season





sited: in saying that it contained

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But because“ it '





W1: itmig'htbe aiproper food. From.





 





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Bunting inquiries. r





, as satisfactory Fret-wt:- Cannot be. 5.0"!!! to Unmgnld, Letl‘Ers- ,'





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a very large percentage of indigesti-

ble fibre.



If you have fed it and it does not

seem to agree with the animals,lit

would not seem advisable to feed it.

Personally, it is a question we cannot

answer, for we have had no experi-

ence and can find no évidence for or

against it as a food. We don’t believe

it advisable to feed it.





GRUG IN HEAD.





 





Have lost nearly one-third of my

flock with grub in'the head. ‘I have

no shade in my sheep pasture, and

allowed them to come up in the barn-

yard in the shade of the buildings dur‘

ing the su or months. The barn-

yard contained a little left-over ma-

nure. Would the flies causing the

grubs be worse around such a place?

My pasture field had a small piece of

marshy land in it. Would that make

any difference? Is there any remedy

for a sheep with a grub in the head?

~A. L. D.





There is no certain cure for grub in

the head. The only measures which

can be taken at this time of year is

to give them good feed and care, with

the hope that they will survive.



During the summer months they

should have abundance of shade in

the field and where shade cannot be

provided, a few furrows should be

plowed in the field where the sheep

can gather and stir up some dust,

which is one of the most effective

ways of repelling the flies.





VALUE OF MARL.





I have about ten acres underlaid

with marl. It runs from one to seven

feet deepl. I had a. test taken by the

state geOlogist and he pronounced it

ninety per cent pure and ten per cent

sand. I would like to know the value

of it‘as cement or fertilizer. P. F. C.





Marl testing ninety per cent is a

very good grade material to apply to

sour soils to correct the acidity. I

would recommend about four to six

cubic yards per acre, depending on

the acidity of the soil. This can best

be. applied with the manure spreader

by putting a small amount of manure

or straw in the spreader and complet-

ing the load with marl. Set the apron

to run as, slowly as possible and you

will find that the material is distrib-

uted quite evenly over the land. The

value of marl depends considerably

on the ease with which it may be re-

moved from the pit. In some places

it is finite deeply covered with soil

and requires considerable labor to re-

move it from the bed. In other cases





 





it "comes quite near the surface. and

may be removed'quite easily.





.' Marl is often used in manufacturze

ing cement but its value depends on,





the nearness to a deposit of clay or

shale suitable for- mixing with it to

make a good cement.

the state geologist would tell you

whether such a deposit of clay or

shale is in your neighborhood.





A CONTRACT.





._..L..._..





An agent made this proposition to

me: The company to give me a ten-

volume set of encyclopedias if they

could use my name as a reference, but



> they would expect me to give them an

order for an educational course, which

was $49. I gave my contract to pay

$5 down and that amount per month.

I cannot make payments. I have ask-

ed to be released, but they say it can’t

be. ,I have never paid one cent, so

please advise me what to d0.—C.. A.





This looks like a contract, if there

be such a thing, which means that

both makers should perform. Pay-

ment is not necessary to a contract.

~—Rood.





PLANT LICE.





 





I have a red climbing honeysuckle

vine on the east end of a porch where.

it gets sunshine until in the afternoon.

It is ingood soil and I water it when

there is a drought. The blossoms will

blast and, seem to dry up about the

time they are opening, The ends of

the branches will seem to be sticky,

and some look black. So many of the

leaves will also dry and turn yellow.

Have tried spraying with Paris green

water and last summer used lime and

sulphur water once, but it did not

seem to do any good—M. B.-



The trouble is undoubtedly due to

plant lice. I would spray with nico-

tine sulphate, using two tablespoonfuls

to a pint of warm soapsuds, and I

would say that each insect must be hit

to be killed. The other alternative is

the uSe of one of the regular nicotine

dusts, not on the market for this pur-

pose.

regular nicotine d-ust, made of six per

cent nicotine sulphate and hydrated

lime, or hydrated lime and kaolin. This

works pretty well although, of course,

the spray is really better and undoubt-

edly easier to get.





 





' THE BEST BREED.





 





We would like your advice on. hOW'





heavy the Guernsey cattle get. We

have been told by same they don’t get

any larger than the Jerseys. Which

breed of cattle would you consider the

most profitable to keep, the Guernsey





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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noun:

220 J RV/\\

zoo l/L’f N'\ 31% i"

no COMPARISON or LAND ’4 . é, \\

- PRICES WITH CROP f \

.so‘ ' VALUES PER' ACRE 37. f .

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I would use about a six per cent -





, face» water, to. petition the

. wmissieneriteeon

‘ , for‘them, hencegthey' ha.

' reassures-rams "





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0r thég Shorthorn or the Holsteins?~—-





best breed of cattle. Each breed has





its ownspecial merits, and then there





is an old Romanproverb that fits in

here nicely: “There is no use in dis-

puting about. tastes.”





_prefers one breed over another. He





covers the whole" question when he'





says, “I like them best.” And we can

have our choice and make. no mistake,

for there is. no best breed.



The average .Guernseys‘ are a little

larger than Jerseys. Howeverrmany

Jerseys are larger than'many Guern-

seys; but theyvdo not [average that

Way. . ,



Again, either Jerseys or Guernseys,

when bred and reared in this country

for some time, .get larger 'on the aver-

age. The American type Jersey or





Guernsey is larger than the Island.





types.





This is true.of Shetland pon-

ies also. .





‘ JOINT TENANGY. - -





 





 





A man has been parted from his

wife for seventeen years, but 'not,di-

voiced. After parting, one son took

care of the mother and purchased a

house and lot and has joint deed with

the mother. Is it legal? Was it legal

to give a life lease to the mother? If

the son should die first does. father

(or husband) become an heir to the

place? He never put anything in the





place for expenses or for suppdrt for ,.





his wife. Can she sell the place for

her sup-port?——W. W. ~





In the absence of words expressly

creating joint tenancy, the mother and

son hold, not by joint tenancy, but as

tenants in common, in which case on

the death of the son his undivided

half would descend to his heirs; and

if he had no descendants nor widow

his father and mother would take his

half in equal shares—Rood.





 





SURFACE WATER. -





 





Last season there was a road job

sold to a certain construction company

to build a. gravel road past my farm.

This road was let under the Covert

Act, but not,.by fault of the builders

but by fault of the county engineer

drawing the'blueprint of same, they-

changed the water course of three dif-

ferent drains and run them on my

farm. This gives me so much extra

water thatithe ditch I have will not

take care of the water, therefore





flooding my crops and causing dam- .





ages to me. Now, I have offered to do

the fair thing with our countycroad

board. I ask them to either put cul-

verts across the road and take water

back the old natural water course,

which would cost around $125 to $150,

or to give me $125 and. I will take care.

of the water, but they refuse to do

eitherone.

run this water on my farm and-make.

me stand for it without helping to

get rid of said water?—.—W. G. S.



If the facts Set forth are subject to

'pr00f you have an action forrdamages

'against the board. of county road com-

missioners for draining surface water





on to your premises without taking '





care of the same. Call the matter3to

their attention and insist on their pro-

viding» the’proper outlet for the sur-

face water so that,it does not damage

property. , . , ‘,



'Road officers have no authority to

drain surfaces onto any personfspro’pa





erty without "providing-an ‘ outlet! for. .





the same. The board of county road





' . commissioners have authority-it they . I





cannot obtain ai‘fikhtof~way- for sur-

adrm Coim-





 





 





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A man can not.

always .tell all the reasons why 136"





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, 4 N cooperation with Michigan farm-

‘ ers . and county agents, the Farm



Crops, Department of the Michigan

Agricultural College put out a quan-

tity of, Hubam to Observe the growth

it would make under field, conditions’

and see 'what Michigan farmers could





."do with it. The results are not con-





clusive and further work will be nec-

essary if we are to make’de’flnite rec-

ommendations for the use of this crop

based on successful field trials.



In a brief way we are presenting the

results of these-variety tests whicn,

though they may not give much data,

will to an extent summarize the re-‘





sults of the past two years. There

were about sixty farms in 1921, and

twenty-five in 1922 COOperating in

these tests.



The year 1921. was very dry and

seedings in

general and especially was this found





'- to be true along the western side of

, the state.





And so the'majority of ex-

periences report “Failure,” which was

due to either “weeds” or “drouth.”

Yet there are a few wno grew the

crop successfully.



Mr. E. S.~ Brewer, of Millersburg, by

weighing up a'square rod, calculated

that he secured two and one-half tons

of Hubam hay at two cuttings. He

seeded red clover in his Hubam and

reported an excellent stand for the

1922 crOp.



Mr. Lakin Brown, of Schoolcraft,

seeded Hubam with oats in May._ He

cut his oats, raked them into windrows

and when 'the’ Hubam was about eight

inches high he turned in two brood





‘ sows and twelve shotes. Theyate the





Hubam and seemed to be doing well

on it. .



The accompanying picture was tak-

en on Vern Moore’s farm near Hart-

ford. He seeded Hubam and Biennial

in oats-in the spring of 1922. The cam‘

era is on the dividing line and the

Hubam is next to the corn, with the

Biennial On the camera’s left.



A great deal of the Hubam was

seeded this way and as shown in the

picture, it makes but little growth

above the stubble when it begins blos-

soming, which makes it show up so

white in the picture. The Biennial is

usually, somewhat shorter. This pic-

ture shows‘ an exceptionally good

stand for both. So often the stands

are'yery spotted» and of very uneven

growth; A growth‘of Hubam. as shown





. rrfiHa‘aeiLéomezlifléo

‘ _ '1' ‘ ‘ By D F. Rainey "





Hubam on Verne Moore's Farm Near Hantford.





   





at Me Crop

in the picture, is not of much value

for hay or pasture. '



Mr‘. Carl Leidlein, near Saginaw,

sowed Hubam and Biennial side by

side in the spring of 1922 without a

nurse crop.



The Hubam is on the right of the

camera and the Biennial on the left.

This is by far the best field of Hubam

seeded broadcast I have seen. The

Biennial was cut on August 13 and a

big load of hay secured from half an

acre. On August 19 the Hubam was

sampled and the yield of green weight

,computed at 20,875 pounds per acre.

A Sample, when dried. showed-a yield





of over 10,000 pounds of air-dry hay.

The Hubam, at this time, was too

large, woody and coarse for hay. It

should have been harvested for hay

sometime earlier when smaller and

when it would weigh much less. it

was saved for seed as it looked as

though it would give a very good

crop. ‘The ‘field had practically no

weeds at all. \



E. C. McCarty estimated that he

secured two and one-half tons of hay

per acre from' a. self-seeded six-acre

field of Hubam which produced a seed

cr0p ‘in 1921. He sowed eighteen

pounds per acre alone, and estimated

a yield of one and one-half tons per

acre. '



Mr. David Blush, of Kent City, sow~



- ed Hubam as; a cover crop in'his plum

'and peach orchards. He liked it es-

pecially well in the plum orchard. The

peach trees were planted so close to-

gether that they did not give the Hu-

bam much of a chance. Hubam seed-

ed in cats was a failure for Mr. Blush.



Farley Brothers, of Albion, tried Hus



bam; as a cover crop in their orchard





in 1921, and reported a failure due to '





drouth and weeds, although alfalfa

had been grown there for the five



preceding years. .



In general, the Hubam seed plots of

1921, when allowed to self-seed, had a

lot of weeds in them, making a very

poor quality of hay and a poor pas-

ture also. "



When seeded with a nurse crop it

made a small growth, rather spind~

ling, with several branches but with

very few leaves compared to the Bi-

ennial.



‘Usually the Hubam grows higher

and has a trifle more weight to its

tops than Biennial planted at the same

time. The root growth of the Biennial



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burned out - not





A Ford Story from Texas





What bad roads and low speed

taught this hustling salesman





SALESMAN in Greenville, Texas, travels for one



of the big tire companies. In much of his territory

the roads are unusually poor. Occasionally he must

travel for miles in low speed. He used to burn out a.

bearing about every two months.





 





Every eight months hisemployers found it necessary ,

to replace l'llS used Ford with a new one. ' ‘15.};





In 1921 another new Ford roadster was given him.

Then this salesman began to use Gargoyle Mobiloil. .‘

, “E n





“E” won—as usual.





After one year with “E,” he reports: The car has run

approximately 26,000 miles. Not a single bearing'has

"been replaced. Not a single spark plug has been re-

moved. ~





And the cost of lubrication has been cut to a third of

what it was on his former car.





The unusual growth in the use of Gargoyle Mobiloil

“E” throughout the whole country means only one

thing: The proof of lhe oil is the using!





While your engine is warm,draw off your old oil and re-

fill with the proper amount of Gargoyle Mobiloil “E.”





Send today to our nearest: branch—.—or ask your

dealer—for the booklet, “Your Ford—Four Economics

in its Operation.”





For the differential of Ford cars

use Gargoyle Mobiloil “CC” or

Mobilubricant as specified by the

Chart of Recommendations.





 





’ Tractor Lubrication





The correct engine lubricant for the

FORDSON TRACTOR is Gargoyle Mo-

biloil "BB" in summer and Gargoyle

Mobiloil "A" in winter. The correct oil

for all other tractors is specified in our

Chart. Ask for it at your dealer’s.





 





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Indiana olis Des Moines allas '

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AKING waterproof concrete is

net a difficult task. To pro

duce Watertight concrete, .it is

not necessary to add artificial prepar-

'-attons to the concrete to secure good

Jesuits. So much poor or make-shift

work is done with this wonderful ma—

terial, however, that the notion has

" developed that it has to be doctored

in some way to render it impervious

to the passage of mOisture or water.

' Making water—proof concrete is a

matter of knowing, first, what good

concrete is, and, secondly, in combin-

ing and using the materials in such a

-way as to produce goodconcrete and

secure the desired results.



It is not assumed that artificial

means of water-proofing can be dis-

pensed with in every case, for these

methods may, in some cases, be cheap-

er and more applicable, and it is true

that they may be used to make up for

or correct shortcomings in the mate-

. rial or workmanship which, properly

used, should produce satisfactory re-

sults.





 

 

 

 

 





The Materials Needed.



First, what is good concrete? It

will be worth while to see what mate-

rials are used and 110w they are com-

bined. Cement, the first ingredient,

should, of course, meet standard re-

quirements, which it generally will,

unless kept in storage « in a damp

place for some time, in which case

it may deteriorate. Cement. which be-

comes loose and fluffy when rolled ov-

er once or twice on the floor, may be

assumed to be in good condition.



The problem of sand and gravel is

somewhat more difficult,

.be clean, and this can best be told

- by placing about four inches of ’1th

material in a glass jar with water ad-

ded, and allowing it to stand after





 

 

 





/ 2 J or / 4

fl" ran

conrr‘cfc 0' V





Fig. 1.—New Floor Construction where

Water-head Does Not Exceed Eight-

een Inches Above the Floor.





shaking for a minute or more. A

.muddy layer on top, of more than

three—eighths of an inch, indicates





clay or organic material which should





disqualify it for concrete, Where

strength is essential. '

Next comes fineness. The gravel





should grade in size from fine to

coarse and should have some of every

size grains from one two hundredths

of an inch in diameter up to one inch

in diameter for most work. A method

, of analysis has been worked out by

‘which the amount of each size of

grains can be determined for the best

material, which is the one having the

greatest. density or, in other words,

the least void or pore space between

‘ the particles.

, ,For practical purposes it is gener-

L ally specified that the material shall

; contain half as much sand as gravel.

Sand is understood to be the material

which will go through a screen having

apuarter—inch mesh, and gravel the

size grains which will not go through





the same screen. Put in another way, »





.-~_;the gravel. should be twice the. volume

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They must ,





 





Suggestion: fir Gomtractmg Waterproof Basement}, T422161“, Etc.





By H H. Musslcman





when it is noted that material as it

runs at the pit is usually more than

twice as much sand as gravel instead

of onelhalf as much as specified above.

Here is the first place that the user is

likely to err in selecting his material.



In choosing material av'pail and a

piece of quarter—inch screen is all that

is required. Screen 3. pail of material

and see whether thé’ volume of sand

is one-half the gravel. If not, very

coarser material may be added from

some other part of the’ pit, or it may

be necessary to screen the materials

and take the correct amounts of each.





Having decided that the gravel shall

be one part sand to two of gravel we

are ready to proportion with the ce-

ment. The following proportions have

been worked out for various purposes,

based on tests and practice so that

they .may be relied upon. The propor-

tions are given as parts of cement,

sand, or gravel, and also parts of ce—

ment and bank~run gravel. If bank!

run gravel is to be used, howeverhit

should be selected so that the volume

of sand is one-half that of the gravel.



In the above table the parts, when





1





Filling theForms.

In filling the forms the concrete

should ,be well worked into place with

a board about six inches wide, the end





of this board may be trimmed ,to‘av’

chisel edge to assist in working the





fine material to the surface. Do not

neglect to see that the concrete is

worked into every part of the form.





If possible, avoid joints as they are

likely to cause seams in the concrete.

If joints must be made, dovetail them

by laying two-by-fours into the fresh:

concrete and remove the same before

the ‘fresh concrete is placed. Also,

pour on the joint, before the new con-

crete is placed, a layer of cement and

water, mixed to the consistency of a

thick cream.





The above method of handlingcow

crete, carried out carefully, will pro-

duce work which will be water-tight

against ordinary heads of water up to

five feet. In discussing the' following

ways of water-proofing concrete; both

in making and in treating it, is to be

understood that these means are not

intended to supplant good material and

work, but to serve as additional in-





 





Table or Recommended Mixtures and





Maximum Aggregate Sizes.





Mixture. Purpose. Max. Size. Agg.

1:]:11/2—Mixture for: Wearing course of two-course pavements ..... $4, in.

122:3 wMixture for: Reinforced concrete roof slabs ............... 1 in.

One-course walks, floors and pavement ........ ‘ ......... .1% in.

Fence posts ................................. $4 in.

' Sills and lintels without mortar surface .............. in.

Watering troughs and tanks, and pits subject to water

_ pressure ........................................ . in.

' ' Reinforced concrete columns .......................... 1 in.

1:2:4 —»‘Mixt-ure for: Reinforced cancrete walls, floors and beams..1 in.

Foundations for engines ................... . ............ 2 in.

Concrete work in general subject to vibration .......... 1% in.

1:2'1/gz4—Mixture for: Silo walls, grain bins, coal bins and similar

structures ........................................... 1% in.

Building walls above ground ............................ 11,5 111.

Walls of pits or basements exposed to moisture ......... 11/2 in.

Base of two—course floor or pavement ................... 3 in.

1211/2 » —Mixturerfor:

Inside finish walls and tanks where additional protection

necessary .................................... No. 8 Screen

1:2 —l\fixture for: Facing block and concrete pro-ducts . . . . . . '15 in.

Wearing course of two-coarse walks, floors and pavements

where loads are light ............................... 4, in.

1:326 ~—Mixture 1.0r Heavy foundations or masses of concrete.





 





 





measured as. cubic feet, are most con-

venient, since one bag of cement is

counted as a cubic "foot. It will be

noted that, for water—tight work, a

proportion of 12223 or 1:4 to 1:2sz4

or 1:5 bank—run is required. With

careful mixing and placing, the writer

has sechred water-tight work with a.

proportion of 1:21/z25 on a four-inch

thick wall, but this is not advisable for

general practice.

How to Mix.



Mixing is an important part of wa—

ter-tight construction. A bottomless

box holding two or four cubic feet is

first constructed in which the mate—

rials may be conveniently and accu-

rately measured. The materials are

measured out and mixed dry, prefer-

ably with shovels on a flat board plat-

form, if a mixer is not available. They





should be shoveled over notoless than .





three times, dry. Water is added and

then the mixing continued, shoveling

over from three to five times, or until

the mass has a smooth, even color

and appearance, with all the gravel

particles coated with cement. The

consistency should be such that when

piled the mass will slump down till

the height of thepile is about one-half

its diameter. This isv‘known as the

“quaking” consistency, which can also

be tested by patting with the back of

the shovel, when the pile will slake



“.quake ” This consistency will run

into the forms and may be easily

worked 111mm





 





surance, or serve in cases where fail-

ures occur in the making, or in spe-

cial cases to which they are adaptable.

Hydrated Lime May Help.



Since water-proofing is‘done by pro-

ducing a very dense concrete, through

which water cannot pass, the use of

hydrated lime which is extremely fine

helps to fill the, smaller pores into

which the smaller particles of cement





 





Fig. 2.-——T'his Illustration Shows, the

Method of Placing Board for Form-

ing Groove in Joining Floor to the

Outer Wall.





do not readily fit. Lime may be added

to the mix to the extent of not more

than ten per cent of the Weight of the

cement. .

g Alum and Soap.

Alum . and soap makes a water re-





‘peilant; like a‘dnck’a shack. Toimake .

this compound dissolve a“ poundwf

_ alumsln‘? two slam s ph—‘vraterhsid’f‘sey '





 





aratcly, one-fourth pound of soup to '





three and one-half gallons of water.

The two solutions are then mixed, be—





ing stirred frequently to prevent the!





’compound from accumulating on the

surface. This solution is used instead

of water in mixing the concrete.

Other Methods.

Commercial products may also he





had which depend upon the two princia. »





ples mentioned—fineness and water.

repellant properties.





The surface- coating method of was

ter- -prooflng will answer in many cas

es, and is especially valuable for

tanks, cisterns and, silos, where the

concrete is not water-tight. Cement





 





 





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the. ..

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Fig. 3.——Wpater-pr06fing Old Floor: in

Best Done by Cleaning Old Poor and

Mapping with Pitch, Laying Paper,

in Pitch, Lapping Joints and Mop-

ping with Pitch in which Another

Thickness of Paper or Burlap ls

Laid to be Covered with Pitch. On

Top of this a Two-inch Concrete

Floor is Laid and the Walls Plas-

tered as Illustrated.





wash made by mixing cement and wa-

ter to the consistency of cream, and

painted on with an old broom or white-

wash brush, is one of— the most com-

mon. ' ‘





Paraffin may also be brushed on hot





or cold. If applied cold a solvent. such

as naptha or gasoline, must be used





‘ to reduce the paraffin to a liquid. The





solvent will evaporate the paraflifi in

the outer pores.



Asphaltum paint is sometilnes-ussd

in the same manner as paraffin; With

both parafl‘ln and asphaltum‘the sur-

face must, be dry when the application

is made.





Water-proofing a Basement.’



As illustrative of the methods of

water-proofing, two sections of ahous'e

basement wall are sho'wn. The first

of. these, Fig. 1, is typical of new wall

construction, which should preferably





be of monolithic or solid concrete cOn- ,





struction for water-proofness.





It'should be pointed out that where

a head of water of more than twelve

to sixteen inches is to be overcome by’

water-proofing, that special floor con-

struction will be necessary to resist

the pressure due to the water. ‘



A basement surrounded by water .to

a depth of two and one-half feet would

be a head of ‘two and one-half feet, or

pressure of one pound per square inch

on each square inch of the floor, this

would be 144 pounds per sduare foot.

or a total pressure of 14,400 pounds.

or seven tons on a floor ten feet

square. This pressure would require

reinforced construction . to withstand

this pressure. A basement surround-

ed to a depth of two and onechaif feet

would be much the same as building a

float or barge of the size of the hiss--

ment and loading it until sunk to a
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EQENTLY the sugar beet indus-





try has had its troubles along

with other lines of business. But-





out of the struggles and discourage-

ments of the past few years there is

coming a better understanding which

promises to keep this worth while in;

dustry flourishing in Michigan. '





Bankers and business men are look-

ing forward with nothing but optimis-

tic forecasts as to the outcome of this

season’s sugar beet ventures. They

are especially anxious at the present

time, for obvious reasons, to see the

farmer get hold of some real. cash,

and the sugar beet promises this year

to _aid materially in, bringing that

about. It is estimated that upwards

of half a million dollars of sugar beet

money will flow through the farmer’s

pockets in the vicinity of the factory

at Mt. Pleasant this year.





As with most other farm crops, the

cost per acrevof a poor crop is very

nearly as great as the acre cost‘of a

large crop, but because the cash out-





fewest-miffenfral Mic/123472 - Gro'werr a





By Our Field Editor





fertilizers, have prepared his fields for -





 





successful sugar beet growing On a

nearby farm, with a stand called per-

fect; and a spacing of twelve inches

in the row, the yield was but ten tons

per acre. The Soil of this field was

equally as good naturally,,but not so

well enriched. The same farm has

since, under the management of Mr.

Brown, whose main farm enterprise is

dairying, produced an average of four-

teen tons 'of beets per acre.



, Given a rich, deep, dark loam soil,

such as offers a congenial home for

root crops, and the exact rate of plant-

ing seems less important. Many of

the good farmers, in this country of

rich soils and good live stock, prefer

to plant the rows twenty-eight inches

apart” blocking the beets twelve inch-

es apart in the row. This enables the

use of the regular riding corn or bean

cultivator, which, when equipped with

a pair of discs in place of shovels,

does a wonderful job of tillage.





This arrangement offers a distinct





 





 





A Sixteen-ton Crop on the Hoyle Farm, Isabella County. This is a Part of

the 70 Acres Blocked and Thinned by the Three Men with the Horse.





lay is greater with beets than with

other crops, the effect of poor results

in the yield is more keenly felt. Ordi-

narily it takes all the returns from a

crop of around seven tons to pay all

of the costs. Over and above this,

practically all is profit, and as the

yield increases the profits increase

rapidly.

Where the Profits Lay.



Thus it is easy to see that the land

to be planted to beets should be rich

and. well adapted to the crop. There

are few crops that pay better for good

care and a rich feeding ground than

beets. -



Henry McCormic, an Isabella coun-

ty farmer, learned 'this fact from a

demonstration in his own beet field.

He liked to grow beets but was not

satisfied with the average production

of ten tons which his field produced.

Down in one corner of the field was a

piece of land that had been very thor-

oughly enriched and the beets were

fine. He measured off just one—third

of an acre and weighed the beets sep-

arately and .to his surprise the yield

or this plot of ground which had been-

properly enriched, was at the rate of

twenty-one tons per acre. ~



The evidence was convincing enough

to prove that it was in the loamy, well-

enriched land that the sugar beet

profits lay. 'The importance -of a good

stand should not be overlooked, it is





not so necessary that the spacing be‘





just so, as the beet will send its feed-

ing rootlets through the soil for a. con-

siderable distance in search of plant

food. But a liberal supply of plant

food deserves first cbnsideration.

Rate of Planting.



On-the 'Vaniman farm, for instance,



a yield of sixteen tons per acre was





secured with beets blocked fourteen

~ to eighteen inches apart and a good





many skips. This farm has long been

a heavy“ producer, not only of crops

but of beef and dairy products.



of guanine ”rotimbined





 





Na wander. 11913 a booster for beets.





advantage during seasons when the

weather and the weeds conspire

against one. The work goes slow but

by setting the discs, first to throw the

dirt away from the rows, and later to

throw it back to them, it is possible

to eliminate most everything in the

way of weed growth betWeen the rows.



. On Trial.



An interesting and valuable experi-

ence is reported by W. R. Wicks, an

aggressive beet grower of consider-

able experience, who, with the advice

and assistance of “Steve” Fall, the

veteran field superintendent of the

Mt. Pleasant territory, rented a field

of thirty-one and a half acres for

beets. The entire operation was hand-

led on a cash basis, all the work be-

ing hired and all the material being

paid for in cash.





The plowing and fitting was done

with a tractor, the wheels of the trac-

tor acting as a heavy roller in firming

the seed-bed. The beets were planted

in twenty—four-inch rows and blocked

as nearly as possible fourteen inches

apart in the row. The field was five

miles from the factory, necessitating

a rather long haul, but the results

have satisfied Mr. Wicks, as well as

several other farmers who have fol-

lowed this demonstration, that the

beet crop intelligently handled will

pay right good wages for the labor re-

quired, and at the same time leave a

substantial share of theiincome it

brings, down deep , in the farmer’s

pocket where it feels good. The finan—

cial account of this operation reduced

to an acre basis stands as follows:





Expenditures r—Rental, $10; plow-

ing, $4 ; cultivating, $5 ; fertilizer,

$1. 50; seed, $2; lifting, $2.50; hand-

labor, $18; hauling, $13. Total paid

out, $56. ‘





.. Receiptsz—‘Thirteen tons of beets

delivered to.the factory, ur»s7.87 per

ton, $102131. This leaves $46. 31 for

each acre down in Mr. Wick’s pocket.





 





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I FIND in raising cOrn, or beans, or

any crop, the growers are concern-

ed about the simplest matters relating

to crop production. I have found, for

instance, that one can do a. host of

corn cultivating before the corn is

ever put into the ground. . That is a

simple, practical fact which real corn

growers recognize as a most valuable

one to them, but which the outside

man is very likely to turn up his

nose at.



So in these columns, brother farm-

ers, we want to talk over from week

to week some of those every-day mat-

ters, through which talk we may get

some new angles on doing our work.

This is corn week. Next Saturday I

want to have a talk on beans. And

the following ,Saturday, as announced

below, we want your methods of sav—

ing minutes. THE HANDY MAN.





THE WAY I GET MY CORN.





 





USUALLY plow about seven inch-



es deep, letting the jointer turn a

good “roll” under the main furrow,

then I float or roll once and drag three

times, using care not to tear up the

sod by setting the drag too deep.



I test my seed for vitality and if the

soil is in good condition, use three or

four kernels to the hill, the hills being





 





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farmers who, this year, wish

they were two men instead '01?

One. They wish this because

there is so much to be done.

Now, saving time is, to us, the

same as finding time.



SO this week I want our good

readers to tell us how they save

time during the busy summer

season. It may be in caring for

the horses, bringing the cows to

and from pasture, cultivating

the hoed crops, or any one of a

hundred different ways in which

minutes are saved. B



You just désoribe your little

method on a post card, ,or in a

letter, and address to me, The

Handy Man, Michigan Farmer,

Detroit, Michigan, on or befoge

Wednesday, May 16, and I will

send to the five giving the best

replies :1 set of combination pli-

ers, about which we are receiv—

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three feet by six, or three feet by

eight feet apart.

Then comes what I think is one of

the chief essentials. That is to culti-

vate as early as possible and as deep





as I can without tearing up the sod.





’I make it a point to work my corn





early at this time, as I believe that

corn is like other living things. Like

a calf, a colt 'or a litter of pigs, it will

come good if you give it a good start.

I wish to emphasize again that my

main short-cut in raising corn is to

work it when it is young—Eugene L.

Potter, Hopkins, 'Michigan.





GROWING CORN ECONOMICALLY.





 





Y first procedure in the growing

of the season’s corn crop is to

select my seed ears from the stand-

ing stalks the fall before. I endeavor





to select”corn which is the ”same in

’ size and which will mature evenly.





This I consider one of the main points.

Next, whenever possible. I use v,





 





   

 





 





 





 





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possible after the hay is removed.





 





This produces a heavy grdwth of clo-

ver, Which I fall-plow. Three good

draggings, in spring, a few days apart.

produces a good seed- bed. Just before

the last dragging, add 200 to 300





pounds of acid phosphate per acre.’





This helps to balance the manure as

a fertilizer.



The first time I cultivate quite deep-

ly with a shovel cultivator, and after

that I use a surface cultivator two or

three times. ~—Robe.~ Brauher, Ithaca,





CORN KINKS.





 





HE first thing I do is to select nice

plump ears of corn. I don’tshell

these to the end of the car, as I wish

to get the kernels all about the same

size. After the “corn is shelled, I soak

it in warm Waterover night and after





1 draining off the water the nextday, I





sprinkle it with dry sand until it

seems dry.



Next I pour coal tar over the corn

and stir the whole thing thoroughly.

This gives the corn about the same

color as the soil, which makes it diffi-

cult for the crows to see.



As soon as the corn comes up, I

start cultivating and I keep up the

cultivation at frequent intervals as

long as I can do so without injuring

the corn. I cultivate both ways, as I

always plant my corn that way instead

of drilling it in.



I never plant my corn until the

weather is warm, usually about the

twenty—fourth of May.



Due to these methods, I very seldom

have a failure in my corn crop.-~Cha.s.

Stevens, North Branch, Mich.





HOW HE GETS BEST RESULTS.





 





My experience shows that for best

results in raising corn, plow under a





, good clover sod in the fall, if on heavy





land. In the spring pulverize or drag

the ground every week or ten days

until time to plant}. Check—row your

corn to permit better cultivation. A

good dragging just befo1e the corn

comes up is worth much in checking

weed growth.



Test your seed corn and plant an

average of two and a half kernels to

each hill about three feet six inches

apart each way.



Cultivate shallow after the first two

workings. If you need some fodder

cut the corn and stand in moderate-

sized stacks until it is cured. Husk





the ears with a team and wagon, after -





which let yourstock run in the field

and feed tovtheir, heart’s content——

Isaac D. Ayres, Gobles, Mich.





MY METHOD OF GROWING CORN.





 





USUALLY rotate my crops so that



corn comes after beans, but I did

not have real success with‘thisrota-

tion until I tried covering the ground

with manure at the rate Of about six

loads to the acre



Then instead Of plowing, I just disc

and spring-tooth the ground, thus

working themanure into the soil. I

find that this method saves many days

of plowing at a time when one is busy.

-At harvest time I Ieave about five

acres standing until ripe; Then I rig

up’a wagon; Illinois style, to husk into.

After husking, I cut the corn with a

corn binder and stack the fodder. In

this way I‘get my corn cribbed and

my fodder cut and stacked in about





‘ six days.





I find that the fodder is a great deal

better when kept in a stack than

when left in the shock all the winter.

The stock seem to relish it much

more.





LaSt fall I :took ten ears to the corn 7.





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F fire blight has been a scourge in

these last two years, we have still

more to fear in the immediate fu-

ture. Young orchards set out with high

hopes a few years ago are just now

.comlng to the dangerous age. We

have been going through in these last

seven years the dry phase of a weath-





By G H” cams,





Plant Pathologixt, M. A. C.





er cycle and fire blight bids fair to,





be more serious in the future than it

has been in the past.



Blight is a bacterial disease of

pears, q-u'ince, apples, plums, and oth-

er fruits of_ the rose family. It also





. attacks mountain ash and certain wild





hosts related to the apple. The dis-

ease on all these plants is the same

and the germs can pass from one host

to the other.



“Pear Blight,” “Twig Blight,” and

“Blight” are commonly used names for

this same disease.



Blight takes many forms. ’In the

early spring it causes a blossom blight.

Later these blighted blossoms give

rise to a twig blight and from these

limb ’cankers develop. If the limb

happens to be large, then the-.effectis

more Serious and growers speak of

body blight. The cankers formed on

the limbs as they are seen in the

winter are called hold-over cankers.



First of all, the grower must realize

that fire blight is a disease





which .





comes from outside a healthy plant.





and attacks it.





souring of the sap, by excessive sap,

or by any soil condition.

nite bacterial disease of the pear, ap-

ple or other fruit, just'as typhoid is

a definite disease of animals.

. In the spring, when growth starts,

.activities of the blight germ begins

also» .The germs pass the 'winter'in

cankers on the limbs “of the trees "af-

fected the p1 evious year. From these

v.cankers a bacterial ooze comes out

which is

through the agency of bees and other

insects. The feet and mouth parts of

the insects become covered with the

germs and when they fly to blossoms

they carry the gums .to» the nectaries

of the flower. The blight germ grows





It is not brought about;

by weather conditions, by freezing, by,





It is a defia





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candied to the blossoms.





feStOoning every rapidly growing tree; ‘





He looks the job over and decides

that fire blight is serious. Brush is

cut out of the tree by wholesale, and

the orchard looks in passable condi-

tion after the cutting is done, although

no attempt has been made to get cut

all the blight. A twig here and there

has been left—for seed probably.



About a week later the grower gets

his first shock. He finds more blight

developing. He is discouraged, the

cutting out has failed.



Now,'if this grower wants to save

his orchard, he thinks of a famous

message of Grant and he continues to

fight it out along that line all sum-

mer. But if he is like a great many\

growers, he Quotes Sherman and goes

about his other work. . A



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Twig Blight Results From Neglect.

chard are not serious. They are read.

ily replaced in the normal growth. But

blight of a twig in about fifty per

cent of the cases with rapidly grow-

ing trees, leads to a canker and blight-

ing of limbs, and these are the valu-.

able framework of the tree. If the





 





trees have been neglected or have

been vigorously piuued they abound





‘ in water sprouts and these blight se-





excellen‘tly in the nectar of flowers





and after it has grown there it kills

the flower and causes blossom blight.

It is hard for some growers to identify

blossom blight and to differentiate it

from frost injury, and indeed they do



"look alike”. But frost injury 'is not

i scattered here and there on. the tree.

nor does it pick out the variety ,and

leave free another which was bloom~

ing at the same time.





After the blossom has been with-

ered, in at least one- -third of the cas-

es, the blight germs work down into

the twigs and give rise to a blighting

of the twigs which have borne the

blighted flowers. The development of

the blight in these twigs. can readily

be detected, since.fire blight is a dis-





ease which works. in the rapidly grow-.





ing part of the twig—ethe cambium lay-





' er. Any twig in which blight is work-





ing will show a brown or straw color-

ed layer just above the wood strik-

ingly different from the "normal wa-

ter-green color of healthy tissue.



Let us “follow the .course of fire

- blight and see what happens. As eve-

ry grower knows, in every orchard

and on nearly every twig, there-is an

abundance of insect life. Let us as-

sume that there is a colony of plant

lice on a twig that has borne a blight-

ed blossom. When they attack new

twigs, they carry the blight gems to





, these twigs and thus effect a whole—





veiely This leads diiectly to cankel





and blighting of a main branch, 01 if.

'they are new the roots, may lead to





a blighting 'ol' the root.





This“ last‘ phase of fire blight is a;

very serious menace that no grower?»





can overlook. Apples are grown on

very susceptible stocks, and blight

germs getting to this root through the

water sprouts, leads to root rot, which

kills the trees here and there in or-

chards.



Then if dry weather comes on, the

fire blight takes what it can and goes

into Winter quarters to continue the

havoc another year, but if the sumv

.mer is wet, and growth continues, fire

blight continues, with wave after

wave of twig and limb blighting, each

wave worse than the preceding.





Finally, the blight holds over in the

cankers'on the limbs and the orchard-

ist, either ’has an orchard liberally

sprinkled with blight germ-s ready to

do him damage next year, or else he

has an orchard of trees badly mutilat:

ed and with the. growth of years lost.





The Control of Fire Blight.

Since thefiréblight germ lives over

‘wint‘er in’.the cankers, the logical point

of attack is the hold-over canker. If

these are carefully removed from an

orchard, then 'the source offire blight

is gotten rid of. In a system of me

blight control this is‘. the first recom-

mendation 't' "3

But the recommendation is largely

m1s1£nderstood by fruit growers.





resolves. They find the trees simply





‘covered with cankers which, to their

eyes, at the desCrIp‘tlon of hold—over





(Conglnued on page 657).





They: -

go to the orchard with high hopes and ‘





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armor. Lead now helps to



provide a defense; but it is

against‘ the attacks of weather.

United with other materials, it goes

into the soft, flexible rubber used in

making waterproof clothing and

rubber footwear.





When _the rain descends





Your raincoat protects-your cloth-

ing and your health. A waterproof

helmet will help you disregard the

weather. Rubber overshoes, san-

dals, and arctics protect your leather

shoes and enable you to obey the old

injunction to keep your head cool

and your feet warm and dry. In

the country and often in the city,

mud and slush make necessary the

use of rubber boots.



In all Of these things you are

wearing lead. Manufacturers use

anywhere from 10% to 15% of this

metal in some form in making them.





H ow lead gets into rubber





Soft and semi-plastic crude rubber

lacks toughness, elasticity, and resil-

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combining the heated rubber with

sulphur and other materials, among

them litharge, basic lead sulphates

(blue and white) and white-lead, all

derived from ordinary gray metalhc

lead.





PEOPLE no longer wear steel





Lead in your heels





You walk on lead as well as wear

it. Rubber heels and soles on tennis,

golf and ordinary walking shoes con-

tain this metal of many uses. On

golf shoes, rubber cleats containing

lead are often worn.



At the seashore girls and women

protect their hair With brightly

colored bathing caps made of rubber

in which there is lead. And firemen

wear helmets Of hard rubber con-

taining lead, to guard their heads

against falling glass and similar

dangers in fire-fighting.





Lead in dresses





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from the metallic state. Women use

disks of the metal as weights in

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These uses of lead are important,

but there is one use which is more

important than any other. White-

lead is the principal ingredient of all

good paints. There is no adequate

substitute for it.



White-lead makes a paint that

interposes a protective film between

the surface covered and air and

moisture. Rot. and decay cannot

work their harm if the surface is

properly painted. That 13 the reason

why painters who take pride in

doing a satisfactory job use lead- and-

Oil, a mixture of pure white-lead and

pure linseed oil.



A few years ago “Save the sur-

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that they can save theirproperty and

their money invested in it by pro-

tecting the surfaces of their houses

with white-lead paint.





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Dutch Boy products

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enough to pay for itself in 'a short time, and it continues to

earn these good profits for many years more.





 





These Case steel thresher advantage: make your farming more

profitable and the results more certain .-





Big Capacity-Case machines do

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well equipped factory.





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balanced parts make the Case

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of the first steel machines sold

in 1904 are still in use. The pres- .

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durable. time.



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NUMBER of years ago, Michigan

jobbers, brokers and growers be-





‘ ‘ gan talking of the advantages





which might accrue to' the bean indus-





¢ try through advertising the product to





consumers. Nothing, however, was

done. In the meantime, the citrus peo-

ple began advertising and soon, in-





, stead of the orange going into con-





sumption largely through the Christ-

mas stocking, it was enjoyed by the

American people every week in the

year. ' ‘



The following year the bean people

did some more talking of publicity,

but nothing was done. That year the

cranberry growers began their modest

advertising campaign, and the con-

sumption of cranberries was practical-

ly doubled. -



Still more talking was indulged in

by the bean men the following year,

but no action was taken, except to

send a few well-packed bags about the

after which

it was concluded that nothing could

be done. This was. the same year that

the leaders behind the prune industry

started their campaign and put this

fruit in the great majority of Ameri-

can homes.



The following year a few of the bean

men had the temerity to raise once

more the question of advertising, but

again the bean was muffled. How—

ever, during the interim, the raisin

growers went to bat with a real ad-

vertising campaign and scored, and

scored, and scored.



But the most efficient ‘way to do

things never downs. It keeps coming

up again and again until it is adopted.

So at a specially called session of the

Michigan bean jobbers at Saginaw last

Thursday, the question of telling the

American people the virtues of beans

was broached again, and this time the

bean growers listened to the wonder-

ful story of souerkraut.



Giving Kick to the Sauerkraut Market.



Mr. Clendenan, the man who was

largely responsible for putting kraut

on the map, was present at the meet-

ing and told the story of how the job

had been so successfully done.



The very first thing that the pub-





head of not over eighteen inches is

calculated. The weight of the six-inch

concrete floor is figured as enough to

offset the pressure from this head of

water.



The first of these sections, Fig. 1, is

designed for new construCtion. The

wall should be eight inches thick, of

a. rich concrete 1:213 cement, sand and

gravel, or 1:4 bank-run material. The

inner surface can be washed with two

coats of cement wash or paint, made

by mixing cement and water to the

consistency of cream. |An optional

method of optional construction would

be a concrete made with a leaner mix

with the outside surface painted with

two or three coats of asphalt paint,

with the inner surface washed.



The floor of this construction is laid,

of course, after the side .walls are

erected. It is somewhat difficult to

get a good union of the floor to the

wall. To do this well a groove is

made in the top of the floor, using a

lboard for a. form, as shown in Fig. 3.

This groove is then filled with hot





wall four inches thick, and twelve to

eighteen inches high, which is built

in- ‘as an additioinal measure otrsarety.

{The second type of :Vconstructionels'

designed for. waterproofing an on!

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licity' experts didwas to learn what





kraut is good for, its value' in the





human diet. I They gathered facts. Re-

search Was made into every possible

channel. Many things were revealed.





‘Chief’iamong these was the fact that .

sauerkraut was a. specific for; digestive v





disorders. The juice of this product

is also considered by high medical aw

thorities as excellent for diabetes.

Doctors, particularly in Europe, are

recommending the use of sauerkraut





to people who are seeking relief in-





this direction. ‘





. These and other facts regarding the-

food value of the product were placed-





before the consuming public through

the medium of the advertising page.

The results were” far beyond the ex-

pectations of those who sponsored the

campaign. A pack, larger than any





that had ever before been placed upon





the market, was moved into consum-

ing channels three months earlier than

had been the case with previous nor-

mal crops. One Chicago manufactur-

ing concern which feeds its fifteen

hundred employes never had used

sauerkraut in its menus. Since these

facts were published, however, they

have served kraut three times each

week to the delight and good health

of their employee.

Tomatoes Also Get a Boost.



Tomatoes was another

which Mr. Klendenan had had occa-

sion to do research on.

doctors have recently began prescrib-

ing tomato juice for babies troubled

with digestive disorders, and that to-

matoes have an unusually high vita-

mine‘content, has furnished the basis

for encouraging the greater use of

this garden fruit. As a consequence,

the consumption of tomatoes has had

a remarkable increase.



But Beans Furnish a Real Oppor-



tunity.



As to beans, the.speaker declared

that what research had been made

went far to prove that no product had

greater intrinsic food value. They

should be served on every table. Beans

and tomatoes combined give a food

with complete vitamins content. This



(Continued on page 677).





Water-Proofing with Concrete





(Continued from page 648). ' .





membrane or- layer and protecting it

with an additional layer of concrete.

The water-proof layer consists of two

thicknesses of burlap, felt or tar pa—

per laid on the floor, which has been

painted with asphaltum. The material

is lapped and has the joints asphalted

as it is laid, and the surface is then

painted with asphaltum and the sec-

ond layer put (in in the same way as

the first. The surface coat of two





inches of concrete is then placed over .





this to protect it. The layer may be

extended eighteen inches up the side

walls and a secondary wall four inch-

es thick built up to protect this. The

old surface of the basement wall, block





or solid wall, above the base wall may





then be cleaned with a solution of one

part muriatic acid and ten parts wa-

ter and then wash with water. Follow





with plaster or plaster and cement'





paint. -



It must be concluded that water-

proofing is a Job which can be care-

lessly done. Good materialmand plen-

ty of them, must be used. Painstak-

ing attention to éyery.detéil is; neces-

sary to insure success. “A'smail- leak

will sink a» great ship." " It is one'of

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TWO Upper ' Peninsula girls were

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state leader of ' home demonstration

agents in the Upper Peninsula. Glen-

idine Sampsell, of McMillan, Luce

county, ranked second in first-year can-

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was second in fourth-year work, Miss





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consecutive years she has been chosen

from all the members in home-making

and agriculturalclubs as the best all—

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county and, in consequence, has re-

ceived two short-course scholarships

at the Michigan Agricultural College.

There are 2,963 boys and girls in the‘

various clubs of the Upper Peninsula.





WH EAT LOOKS GOOD.





 





HE April Crop Report of the State



Department of Agriculture shows

the condition of winter wheat in this

territory to be ninety-four per cent. as

against a state average of eighty-

three. This section did not suffer

from the light snow-covering during

the cold weather of March that affect-

ed the southern counties. The condi-

tion of rye is reported as ninety-five

per cent. The number of breeding

sows is 103 per cent of the number a

year ago, it is stated. The number

now is 102 per cent of the normal sup-

ply. The number of farm laborers

employed is. seventy-three per cent of

last year, and this is seventy-four per

cent of the normal supply.





MANY FARM MEETINGS SCHED-

ULED FOR CLOVERLAND.





 





HROUGH cooperation between the

Upper Peninsula Development

Bureau and the Extension Department

of the Michigan Agricultural College,

a very important series of meetings





. for farmers has been arranged for the





remainder of the year.





Before August 1 there will be fifteen

banker-farmer meetings held in as

many small towns of the district in

the interest of improved dairying. At

a. half-dozen points requests for such

meetings have already been received.

Dairy specialists from the college,

county agents and club leaders will

conduct these meetings.





Later in the season, over forty

“barn" meetings will be held in Delta

county, particularly with reference to

the growing of alfalfa and other for-

age crops, and farmers’ problems in

regard to live stock. and the dairy

cow in particular, will be discussed

right in the presence of the animals

themselves.- Similar meetings were

held in Marquette county last fall. It

is likely that Schoolcraft county will

have similar meetings fotlowing those

in. Delta“ ‘





In the meantime, the Upper Penin-

sula Development Bureau, using. an

appropriation of $1,000 made at its

annual meeting, will, it. is planned,

take three boys from each of the fit”—





.... LUV ELAN -. A. .>

teen counties of the Upper Peninsula; _





‘dairy sections of the country outside .

through one 'of. the '





ports Miss Ruth Cresswell, assistant:~





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beet developed

the district in order that the’boys





may 'see firSt-hand- just what farmers I





are doing in the dairy business seen

at its best. These boys will be select-

ed with reference to their rating in’

each county as

county agents and club leaders. It

will be a great opportunity for the





boys to get in touch with conditions. “





elsewhere and it is believed that the

trip will have a marked effect on their

later careers. The boys will be ac-

companied by their county agents, it

is planned.



While many lines of rural develop-

ment have been tried out in this ter-

ritory, it is now believed that dairy-

ing, conducted on progressive lines.

has the best chances of success. This

tour of the boys will take place prob—

ably during the third week of Augusit.

On their return will come fair time

and the boys will have a prominent:

place at the county fairs with their

high-grade stock on exhibition.





In October will come a demonstra-

tion train run over the lines of the

railways serving the Upper Peninsula.

if railway 'agricultural officials meet~

ing in Marquette, May 15, formulate

the plans that have already been

sketched. This demonstration train

will exhibit the advantages of pure«

bred over scrub dairy animals, the val-

ue 01' good seeds, etc. '



CLOVERLAND AGRICULTURE



PROSPERS. .





ADDRESSING th'e Marquette Lions'



Club recently, Mr. E. G. Amos, as-

sistant state leader of county agents

in the; Upper Peninsula, called atten-

tion to the large increase of agricul-

tural wealth in the Upper Peninsula

during the past twenty years. His

figures showed that this wealth was

rated twenty years ago at $11,000,000,

and is now $69,000,000.





Mr. Amos attributes this advance in

part to the work among farmers of the

Extension Department of the Michigan

Agricultural Department. There are

ten Upper Peninsula counties having

county agricultural agents. Printed

bulletins do not interest the farmer

very much, Mr. Amos said, but actual

demonstrations in barn and field are

convincing. _



In this way Upper Peninsula farm-

ers have become convinced of the su-

perior quality of Rosen rye. This su-

periority was first demonstrated here

at the Chatham Experiment Station

and on several Upper Peninsula farms

In the same way farmers are teaming

the advantage of ridding their herds

of the scrub cow. Cow-testing associ-

ations are showing the real situation.



Again, the land-clearing service

which the college has under, way has

been undertaken because the average

number of cleared acres on an Upper

Peninsula farm is thirty acres and

this is inisufiicient for the farmer and

his family to live on. ' ,





 





KDKA, Pittsburgh, is» broadcasting

a full report of stockyard prices there





at ten o'clock, eastern‘standard time.





every morning.





 





 





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_ 'Bweed beans. I have grown this vari-

. ety- for the past ten. years in small

quantities.

At. first we grew them" on Poor Sandy

land. Now we are raising the crap on

., grich sandy loam Where the- yields are

~ .‘ .» larger. The Sweeds produce more

" heavily than do the navy beans.

’ On the vines of last year’s crop we

* counted ten and more pods on each

stalk. The pods carry from seven to

nine beans. When full grown the

stalks resemble those of the red‘kid-

[ney beans. We have never failed to

grow a crop, even in dry summers. In

nearly every instance they yield good,

but like other crOps, the better the

ground and. the season the heavier the

output. '

_v This variety grows tall enough to

. 9*: carry the pods- well above the ground,

much higher than the white beans. As

‘a result they‘do not spoil during bad

. weather as do those of the navy type.

" ' With us they seem-to be earlier than

the white beans. One year we planted

them on the first of August and the





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} , crop ripened. The season, of course,

i ’ . was unusually. favorable.



The price received for this variety



has been somewhere near that of





l white beans. One year the local prices

were exactly the same. Because of the

fact that the beans are carried so high

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i .NO CHERRY EXPERIMEyTS THIS

YEAR.





 





1 ECAUSE Grand Traverse county



decided to dispense with their

- county .agent, the Michigan Experi-

‘4 ment Station will not carry on its us-

" ual cherry spraying experimental

work there. This has been the/“decis-

ion of Prof. V. R. Gardner, who be-

lieves that these experiments cannot

be satisfactorily developed without

the cooperation of the county agents.

, i There is great need for work among

cherries in demonstration of proper

methods for the control of the diseas-

es. Last year the damage from leaf

spot was so- severe that most of the

crop was ruined. Proper spraying

methods would have prevented most

of this loss





‘URGES SUPPORT 'oF BILL.





 





HE Michigan Potato Growers’ Ex-

change is urging its 20, 000 mem-



S hers to write their state senators and

representatives in favor of the Case



‘1“ ' anti-discrimination marketing bill.

This bill Was drafted to prevent un-





lawful discrimination in the purchase ,





of all agricultural products.



It has been found that many potato

buyers are discriminating against p0-

tatoes in certain sections. For in-

. i T' stance, it has been shown that a buy-



erlmdde a difference of eighty cents

- ' per hundred Yin {price between two

\ ’ towns whosei’reight .ditferences'were



N ‘ only six to eight cents ,

{l1 - This bill has the support of the





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N spite of the fact that Otsego coun-‘

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hlgh‘eSt part of the Lower Peninsula,

its farmers are having no difficulty in





 

 





 





 





 

 

 





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_ Michigan Fa’rmer'regarding Brown ’





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HE cold weather that has been

, carried over from the snows of

: 'gter, has at last reCanted its

frigid ‘ signs, and the spring is mak-

ing up for. lost time. Each day sees

marked changes in the rapidly green-

ring coat of Mother Earth. ‘ According

to the eternal plan of the universe,

nature is once more asserting her pro~

ductive powers. The grass springs

green on every hillside, the trees shoot

out new buds, the warm sun and the

gentle rains coax into action the germ

of life that long has lain dormant

within the hearts of tiny seeds, my-

riads of them.



Although she has been marked up

late by several days more than is us-

ual, the spring is now come, and in

keeping With nature’s laws of com—

pensation is causing all sorts of veg-

etation to 'fairly bound in its efforts

to catch up. Naturally, the weather

and soil conditions that have delayed

plant growth, have also delayed the

work in the fields, and now the re-

verse of those conditions is keeping

farmers bounding to catch up. This

is the situation as it exists on Fran-

cisco Farm. Happily, we have been

able to secure some very good help,

for the time being, although. at a cost

that causes one to call upon his sup-

ply of faith in future prices for farm

products, if he would expect, a profit

therefrom.



The Tractor Shines.



It is a season like this that we are

glad we have a tractor. 'Not a trac~

tion engine, nor a toy, but a real, prac-

tical arm tractor. This is the fourth

season for it on the farm, and We are

learning 'how dependable it is. It

takes the place of four to six good

horses (notice I said “good” horses).

and an extra man when you need

them, and does not call for food or

chores or money when not in action.

True, if not provided with gas and oil

and necessary repairs, it works net at

all, but with these things, and intelli:

gent attention, it makes short work of

the plowing, the fitting and the culti-

vating of the corn. It‘never objects to

long hours, gets tired, sweaty or sore

shoulders. Neither does it mind the

work. It has no brains at all. It has

to be driven or it won’t work. But

we like it, Bob and I. We hitch it to

the plows once and it stays in the fur-

row until the field is plowed. When

chore time comes we turn the switch

and give our attention to the pigs and

the cattle.





Forage Crops.



The question of forage crops is call-

ing for considerable attention this

spring. More so with us than is us-

ual. As a general thing, we have at

least one lot near the buildingswhere

clover or alfalfa is growing, and which

can be utilized as forage for the hogs.

This year we are not so fortunate. The

.lot, about four acres, that, we used

last year, we. are planting to corn to

be hoggéd off laterinthe season. We

expect to put a liberal proportion of

'soysbeans in the planter-box with the

'corn, and in addition sow,rape broad-

cast at the last cultivation. This lot

should make an ideal foraging ground

for the hogs late in the season. In

the meantime, we must have 80m





We have a couple of lots of about

an acre each that we are planting

partly to oats, barley and field peas

(if. we can find the seed peas),fiand

partly to rape. or thedwarf essex va:

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grows vigorously on rich, sweet. well-





drained soil gives excellent results,





but the puny, off-colored, tough little

plants that grow on sour or poor soils

are not readily eaten by hogs. ‘



Our faith in‘forage is great and we

like to have plenty of it and get the

hogs out as early and keep them out

as late as possible. While we are

waiting for this spring-sown forage to

grow, we are'going out into the clover

field where the stand is thick and

heavy, but where the soil can stand

the enriching influence inseparable

from hog associataion, and cutting out

of whole cloth, so to speak, a block of

this choice young clover for the pigs.

A hundred rods of wovefi’wire Will on-

close three or four acres of this'choic-

est of forage crops on clean ground,

and with liberal feeding of grains, and

water, and shade, ad libitum, our fifty

odd head of spring pigs should get a

good start toward snaking hogs of

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OILING FARM MACHINERY.





 





FARM machinery in general is poor-

ly devised for proper lubrication.

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the-m. Oil holes leading to the "bear-

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Oiling «should be done frequently.





Where the load is heavy and speed

high, it should be done .at least every

hour._ Where it is possible to use

grease and hard oil, better results can

be secured with this kind, of lubricant.

A high-grade standard. lubricant» is

best for farm machinery. Low—grade

lubricants are expensive.

use on my farm tools a heavy grade

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SOME FAVORITE VEGETABLES.

To my notion, there is no better

home garden tomato than the old mas-

sive “Ponderoso,” but itis no good as

a shipping variety. The “Quality”_win-





 





 





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and flavor, but it is not the largest

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GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.





Great Slave Case—A slulvo case of exciting

interest dame off on Tuesday last in the United

States Court now sitting in this city. The case

originated in Marshall, and was instituted to re-

cover lhe value of certain slaves, fugitives from

justice! ! The plaintiffs claimed, that an at!

tempt had been made by the defendants, (who

.are among the most respectable citizens of Mar-

shall) to resist the consti uted authorities in the

seizure ofthe slaves, in violation of the provi-

sions oflhe constitution of the United States. by

which means the said slaves had made good

their escape. The plaintiffs proved the fact of

ownership according to the laws of.Kentucky,

and also thotthey were proceeding, in the seiz-

ure, in accordance with the constitution and

ans of the :United States, and that they we're

fruslated in the act by a collection of people,

whose appearance was such us to frighten them

out of their pdrp’ose.



The defendants relied for their defence upon

the fact proved, that they did not say to the

plnimiflb, that they should not tako‘the slaves,

but simply, that they could not do it.



Judge Me. Lain, in charging the jury, snid

that if it appeared from the evidence, that the

intention of the defendants was to counteract

and defeat the seizure of the slaves, end such

was the tendency of what they said and did,

then, whatever. might have been the form of ex-

pression they used, they were to be found gfiilty.

He further charged, that in order toimake it

out on not of resistance on the part of the do-

fendnnls, the plaintiffs must have publicly made

known their purposes, (which they didXsnd that

though they had made but a single annunciatioo

of it, that was suflicienl, though two-thirds, or

three-fourths of the crowd, had come logethen,

after the onnunciation was made, and; were to-

tally ignorant of it. _ . ;



The jury, after being out sixteen hours, were

unable to agree, and were discharged; They

stood eleven for the plaiplifl's, and one for the

defendants. The costs, .which mustibe vé

large, are thus shouldered upon the plainti .





probably it may never be revived... The defend-

time were Dr. Comstocl't, MeSsrs. Gerham, Hard

ind Easterly, and two coloreimom. .2 . :_



it is said that the who“ instituted: 9nd car

ried on. atathe expense of. the State‘of, Kentucky,

the commonwealth having. furnishedmo thou-

cuhdidoll'urs for the purpose' 3,: ' ' ' '





Arrival a The Caledonia—Pa is still

agitated. he resignation of Lou'fi apoleon

postpone's'troubletfor the present. “ cough:

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demanded arms.





been" in Paris. ’An insurrection broke out on! 3231

of June,‘and a niost unguinsry‘colllict follow

cautioned fourdayl and, 1:1

dafin‘which the streets of





fl’

hired in his favor. The legitlmptists are divided

y 'i‘hicrs and Lamnrtine, if the elections were



soon to takepluce. Little doubt exists the! Lou:

is Napoleon Bonaparte would be the successful

candidate. The feeling exhibited by the French

people in his favor. leave no doubt ofthnt in the

event ofn presidential election in almost every

electoral college“ 'in France, Accordingly the

constitutionlias already been altered to meet the

first difficulty ill the making, and the President

instead pfbeiug elected director by the people.

unless he has ah’nbsolulo mu'ority of votes giv-

en, is to be selected by the utionnl Assembly

from five persons returned by the peopleétho

election of Prince Louis‘Nupoloon, , as ’Col. of

the 4th Legion of lheNalionul Gubrds. Deu-

nunx.——-The war iii-Denmark continues unaba-

ted, and 1: conference oflhe Kings of 'Sweeden

and Denmark. and-the Grand Duke Constantine

of Copenhagen and was attended b'y.‘the.Brit-

ish Minister. The Russians, in bohulfof Don-

mark, demand that the Germans shall evacuate

the Duchies before negociations are entered into,

and that if Schlesting was given’ up, Russia

would sustain Holscn according 10 the treaty-

with the Dunes and Paul. BERLIN-ion the

131i: inst, u‘collision with the Burger guards,

arising out of an attempt todisperse somelwork-l

men who had "gone to the'Ministerlo demand

work or money. and being ~-refus.ed, ~ the guard

attempted to disperse them. and five men wore





murdered. The news spread like lightning.

barricades were formed, and the people‘hatiog

discovered that the Assembly left unprotected“?





11 o’clock at nighh‘made an' attack upon iiil9~





building, and plundered it of about. 2000 standf

of arms and also the trophies of war it contained: 7 -‘

The crowd tool: posession of the building, and.

then retired. The nexté'dtty was quiet, but ratio



of Ihe deputies mpved that the assembly should

send away all the troops, and put themselves on-r

der protection of the people,” this was carried.

and “he government resigned. 'PsnoogJ—At‘ '

Prague tthKing having refused to» confirm the





provisional overnment and Prince Weridscw

ratz, have erected batteries arbund the town. ,

he mob and the students arose. en moose and .





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‘ Presidential Candiddtflkffiurtiqvhn Baron:





of N. York, has accepted the nomination at the

hands ofthe Bamburser Convention. 1 ,John 1':

Halo, of N, Hamshire is ihaAnti-Slavery cap,"





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Somer‘quit. at’ once, p-believlng the job





imposISIble. Others go ahead and sim-l





plyruin the trees in their attempts.





But note this, there are many kinds-





of cankers on apple and pear trees.

Some are harmful, some are harm-

less. Only the bad cankers should be

cut out. The safe‘rule about cankers

ls this—only those cankers‘which

show dead bark down to the wood are

harmful.



There is only one safe way for the

fruit man to use until he has had long

experience with fire blight. The hold-

over canker can be located by the

blighted twig .through which the germs

worked their way ipto the branch.

This twig holds its dried withered

leaves all winter. At the base of this





. . tree there will not be a great many





conkers, only a few minutes work will

locate and remove them. This‘is quite

a different thing from mutilating a

whole tree.



The next step in fire blight control

consists of a fight on the germ in the

summer stage of the disease. It.con-

sists simply of a complete removal of

eyery case of twig blight which de-





. velops.





We may now see where some of the

divergence of opinion cf plant path-

ologists and fruit men arises. The

fruit man thinks of going in to cut

out blight after the damage is done,





'whereas the plant pathologist who





knows the seriousness of blight is

urging that it be cut out before loss





' has been incurred. This difference of





opinion will remain so long as fruit

men do not fear fire blight. When

they come to realize that fire blight

can ruin the results of years of pa-

tient toil in a single season, they will





see the correctness of the technical'





man’s position.



Another factor comes in to confuse

growers in fighting fire blight. Not

all trees blight to the same extent.

As every grower knows, the Trans-

cendent Crab and the Tolman Sweet

apple are very subject to fire blight.

Bartlett and other varieties of pear

blight much more severely than the

Kieffer.





In every community there are men

who have been lucky in escaping

blight loss. These men rather are in-

clined to, attribute their escaping loss

to their own shrewdness’. But escape

of fire blight loss when analyzed usu-

ally) resolves itself into isolated loca-





tion, poor soil and consequent slow

- growth due to heavy sod or some sim-





ilar factor which has made the trees

less subject to blight, but at the sac-

rifice of production.



But the experience of such lucky

men is of little use to the owner of

an orchard from seven to twenty





"years who is working to get l1 good





set of branches deveIOped, each one

to bear its load of apples or pears.

Such a grower must fear blight. For

such a grower ithe following simple

rules will save his orchard:





1. Locate in early spring, by means .

of blighted twigs, the hold-over cank-





ers. Cut' these out, following the





‘,rules of good pruning. Paint over the





larger wounds, using white lead paste.

2. With the first ' development Of





’ytwjig blight, be on the job. Cut out

. every bit of twig blight at least a foot





.. , ”gramme-av

' .: cutout most of .1 he'limbs‘ of thetrees.





 





duce plantlice damage aids in check-

ing fire blight spread.



4. Make frequent inspections in

July; Blight will show up here and

there. Cut these cases of twig blight

out as soon as they appear.



5. Use nitrogenous and other fer—

tilizers judiciously. A steady growth

which comes from proper soil condi-

tions and moisture well distributed

throughout the season is to be sought.





6. See that all water sprouts either

from branches or from roots, are re-

moved.





7. Should any cankered limbs de-

velop, cut out radically and disinfect

the cut surfaces with some good dis-

infectant, such as five per cent car-

bolic acid or lysol, formaldehyde (one

to ten), or corrosive sublimate.



8. Vigilance, especially early in the

season, is the price of safety.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 





SO LVAY brings better. greater crops

the first harvest. SOLVAY makeo\

sour soil sweet and releases all fertility

the land contains to hasten growing

crops to full maturity.



Most farm lands need lime, and none

is better than Solvay Pulverized Lime.

stone—high test, non-caustic, furnace

dried, and ground fine to spread easily.



Every farmer should read the



Solvay Booklet on Liming



—-sent FREE on request.

THE SOLVAY PROCESS CO.

Sales Agent. WING & EVANS. lac" Detroit. Mid.





 

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





 

 





 

 

 





 

 





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you come over to Royal Cords





" tween the way a man buys )his first

US. Royal Cord and the way he buys





But there comes a time a little later

when he thinks back to see how he

came to ask for aiRoyal Cord.





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letting each tire user make his own com-

parisons on his own car. That provides

every man with the facts in the form

most useful to him.



You didn’t buy Royal Cords on an impulse.

The conviction that the Royal Cord is agood

tire had been growing with you for some times



You didn’t buy Royal Cords merely because

they are the product of the largest rubber or—

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understandable policies of the Royal Cord people

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Greatness Won

By Bigger Value





Overland leadership is firmly established

in public confidence. . Whenever auto-

mobiles are compared and discussed, the

new Overland is called the outshining

value in its field.





No other car near Overland price has

an all-steel body, with a lustrous baked-

enamel finish. No other car has Triplex

Springs (patented), which yield remark-

able riding case. No other light car

duplicates its liberal use of Timken and

New Departure bearings in itsIaxle con-

struction. "





The new Overland is better looking.

The hood is higher. _Body' lines are

longer. Seats are lower. And the sturdy

Overland engine is faithful and econom-

ical—giving 25 miles and more‘lto the

gallon of gasoline. Drive anxOverland

and realize the difference. 7





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WHAT ARE CERTIFIED POTA-

TOES?





 





Will you please explain to me what

certified potatoes are? I have asked

several different men, all farmers, but

none of them could tell me. They all

said they thought potatoes that had

been treated before planting and then

thoroughly sprayed, was about all that

there was about it. I told them I

thought that there was more to it

than that. Have you got them to sell

and how much are they a bushel for

five or ten bushels, or can you tell me

of anyone nearer Ionia that has them

for sale?—W. ’1‘. Remington.



Certified seed potatoes are potatoes

that have been grown under careful

inspection and have been found to be

free from seriousdiSeases and from

varietal mixtures.





Certified seed potatoes are produc-

ed by members of the Michigan Po-

tato Produ‘cers’ Association. This or—

ganization, in cooperation with the

Michigan Agricultural College, con—

ducts the potato inspection and certifi-

cation work in Michigan.



All growers who apply for the in-

spection service are required to prac-

tice the very best cultural methods,





including seed treatment, spraying'





with high pressure outfits, hill select-

ing seed stock, etc., and fields are in-

spected at least ‘ twice during the

growing season by men who are train-

ed in potato diseases. All fields that

Show a higher percentage of diseases

than are allowed in the rules govern-

ing the inspection work are rejected.





Those fields that pass inspection are





carefully rogued, that is, the field is

gone over, row by row, and all plants

showing diseases, all plants that are

off—type are removed from the field.

The stock from. fields that pass the in-

spections is inspected in the bin. In





order- to pass the bin inspection the'





potatoes must be true to type, prac-

tically free from serious mechanical

injury, and comparatively free from

scab, scurf, etc. ' Theré is another in-

spection made at the time the pota-

toes are loaded on the cars for“"ship-

mend. '





The certified seed potatoes are shipf

ped in new sacks which contain 150‘

pounds and each sack is Sealed with a

lead and wire seal which bears the

official green tag of the Michigan P0-

tato Producers’ Association. .



Not only does the certified seed

have to undergo rigid inspections, but





-it is also tested for yielding qualities.





Samples of each lot of potatoes plant-

ed for inspection are grown in large

test plots so that accurate records can

be kept on the comparative vigor and

yielding qualities of the . various

strains.





The planting of certified seed pota~

toes is a form of potato crop insury

ance. Each year potato growers in

Michigan suffer enormous .losses caus-

ed by planting inferior seed pctatdes.

The most serious potato diseases that

reduce his yields and IOWer the qual-

ity of the potato crop are diseases





that live‘ inside of the seed potatoes;

and that cannot generally be recognize;

ed in the tubers. These-diseases are"





known as leaf roll and/mosaic and are





only detected on the plant during the





growing season.





Last year the certified seed gave in-

creased yields over ordinary seed of

approximately fifty bushels per acre

in Michigan. Three years’ tests and





-’ demonstrations have been conducted

1 with Michigan certified seed in sixteen

-- states and results of these tests have

been hishly ”satisfactory In macti- '





 





 





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seed has out-yielded the stock with

which it was compared. Furthermore.

the quality of the crap grown from

certified seed is vastly superior to that

grown from ordinary seed.





One of the most economical ways of

bettering the quality of the Michigan

potato. crop as well as increasing the

yield per acre is to plant certified seed

potatoes.





The Michigan certified seed potatbes‘

are sold through. the official selling

organizations, the Michigan State

Farm Bureau, Lansing, Michigan, and ‘

the Michigan Potato Growers’ Ex-

change, Cadillac, Michigan. I would

recommend that you communicate as

soon as possible with one or both of

these agencies on price, time of ship-

ment, etc. In many counties growers

are pooling their orders for certified

seed and are buying in carload lots.

thus making a big saving on the po- ~‘

tatoes and the freight rates.-——H. C.

Moore.





   

 

   

   

   

   





 

 

 

 

 

 





POTATO ACREAGE TO BE CUT.





 





 





 





REPORT of special interest to

commercial growers has just been

made by the statisticians ofthe Unit-

ed States Bureau of Agricultural Eco-

nomics in the leading potato states.

By an exchange of this information,

L. Whitney Watkins, commissioner of.

agriculture and Verne H. Church, ag-

ricultural statistician for Michigan,

have been able to make a report on

the intentions of potato growerswith

respect to‘ their operations in 1923, in

Michigan and competing potato states.

There is to be a decreased acreage

in‘all principal potato states, but the if

marked decrease will occur in the i

western states where acute car short—

age pievented eally moving of the .

crop, and where the low prevailing <

prices and high freight , rates have

made it unprofitable to market at all

in 'many sections. Colorado expects to '

reduce its aoreage twenty per cent

Idahof twentytwo per cent; North Da-





 

 

 

 

 

 





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Dakota, Nebraska and New Jersey, fif-

teen pe1 cent. These are the states

that showed the greatest increases in

acreage last year, and this report

shows the general tendency to return

to normal.



Minnesota’s statistician estimates a;

ten per cent decrease, Wisconsin and

New York will decrease their plant-

ings to the extent of six per cent,

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‘ 'head, lips frothing, Queen leaped

back after him, calling frantically to

him as she ran. As soon as the little

thing heard her, he turned to run

back, but instantly the man threw a

rope and caught him round the neck,

hurling him to the ground. The two

horses ran toward the mounds, but

the man stopped, dismounted and bat-

tled with her frightened, crying baby.



The desire to hurt was foreign to

her nature, but when she saw her foal

on the ground struggling with the man

who was apparently getting the better

of it, she ran toward the monster with

murder in her heart. The man saw

her coming and with the other end of





'his long rope he struck her head a





terrible blow. She Jumped back in

terror. Before she had aroused enough

courage to make another attack‘, the

man had completely tied the little

thing so that it could not move a limb,

and, mounting his horse again, he rode

away. '





Queen rushed to her little son with

a sense of relief but that feelingsoon

gave way to one of painful solicitude.

She had her baby and the man had

left, but the baby was helplessly tied.

It was changed with a change like

death. The monstrous two-legged crea-

ture had cast a spell upon it. She ran

around it frantically, called to it en-

couragingly, licked it tenderly, then

ran off a few paces, urging it to exert

itself and follow ‘her. .



Then to her horror, she saw the man

coming back. This time he had the

sorrel and his companion with him.

She grew desperate. She bit at the

rope with nervous haste, trying to

drag her colt away with her, but her

efforts resulted only in hurting it and

at the first cry of pain, she stopped.

Until the man was so near that he

struck her with the long binder whip

which he had brought with him, she

would not leave her baby and then

she only kept out of reach of the whip.

Finally, in desperation, unable to de-

cide upon anything that she might try

to do, she stood and watched; while

the man was busy, preparing the ropes

on the stone boat which the two hors-

es had been dragging after them.



One thing at once hurt and puzzled





. her, and that was the nonresistance of





the old sorrel. There he stood cover-

ed ,with the bewildering straps with

their glittering buckles, making no at-

tempt to run from the man nor to help





' her. He did not even call to her.





She tried to make out how the man

succeeded in holding the two horses

though he was not even looking at

however,

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ing to her little one! Then she saw

him drag thecolt to the stone boat,

and went mad again and rushed at

him with bared teeth; but as soon as

he straightened himself and turned to

her, she fled.





Her hatred included the old sorrel

when she saw him start away drag-

ging her baby off. She sprang at him

from the side and nipped him savage—

ly. The old fellow got frightened and

backed up almost stepping upon the

helpless little colt on the stone boat.

The man got angry. He jumped from





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replied with all her strength and ran

toward the barn, snowing a hundred

feet away and watching the man, as

he fastened the barn-door securely.

She saw him 1111th the horses

from the stone boat and then drive

them over to a queer looking instru-

ment that lay near the house. Then

she saw him start away with the plow'

dragging behind the horses. They

were coming toward her so she loped

away to the right. When she‘stopped

she saw that they were not following

her but were going off toward the





 





 





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By Al Rice





Not all the birds that cackle'

Can be rated with the best;

The gift of speech is open

To the loafers, with the rest.

Talking loud is just as easy

For the rooster as the hen.

Often those that do the bragging

Are the poorest in the pen.





Not ev’ry bird that cackles

Has a nest upon the hay— .

Some birds are known to cackle

Just to fool around and play.

Often those that talk the loudest

Are the ones that did, and do,

Quite the least of all the cacklers;

For the roaster cackles, too.





Sometimes a bird that cackles,

Sounds a blatant, false alarm;

And often cackle loudest

When they, simply, fancy harm.

But the worst of all the simmers—'—

For it‘seems that way to us»—

Are the ones that, like the roaster,

Cackle just to make a fuss.





Not ev'ry bird that oncklos

Lays an egg, or ever will;



For birds can make a racket

When they open up the bill.

Birds are like a lot of people—



Bragging what they used to do,

And among the loudest cacklers

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the stone boat and with his long whip

struck her with all his strength square-

ly upon her tender nose. The pain

took her breath away. She reared on

her hind legs in a fit of agony, then

dashed out of reach, and the man

drove off with her colt.



Bewildered by her anguish, she ran

after him, rending the air with her

cries, zigzagging from one side to the

other. When the man reached one of

the black mounds, his sod barn, Queen

remained at a distance, running around

the place in a wide circle and running

steadily as if she found relief in her

activity.





HE man disappeared in the black



-. mound, but when Queen ventured

nearer, for fear that she would again

attack the old sorrel, the man poked

his head out of a hole in the wall and

yelled at her; and she turned and ran.

When she started for the barn again,

the man came out altogether. She was

fifty rods away when she turned and

as she did so she heard the strong.

healthy call from her colt, muffled by

the confinement of the barn; but ap-

parently free as if he were untied. She





south. Considerably relieved she

watched them go till they were lost

from view behind a hill.





She trotted up to the first of the

two mounds, the man’s small, sod.

house and cautiously sniffed about for

a few minutes to make sure that there

was no other man about. The odors

there were unendurable, but every,

thing was motionless, and at a call

from her little one, she ran to the

barn. For a while she ran round and

round it as she called, then suddenly

she spied his little head through a

hole in the wall. She attempted to

thrust her head in. She just manag~

ed to touch him with her hot lips, but

the fear of the evil-smelling barn forc-

ed her to withdraw her. head, in spite

of her desire to keep touching him.

She had the feeling of being trapped

herself and immediately loped away

again. .A thorough examination of

the house and the plains, however, as—

sured her that sheaves still free and

that the man was not returning.



Again and again she thrust her head

into the hole, and despite the nauseat-

ing odors she prolonged her caresses

every succeeding time that she put-





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her head through the window. Yet





she realized that that was not giving ‘





herbackher baby. At the same time

the touch of his beloved head intensi-

fied the fire in her heart and she be-

gan desperately to seek some way of

getting him out.





There was a pile of manure back oil

the barn which sloped upward till it

ahnost. reached the flat straw roof.

She ran around the barn in an. attempt

to find some opening and every time

she came to 'the heap of manure she

was forced to. enlarge the circle she

was making. With a. look in every

direction, to make sure "the man was

not returning, she suddenly startedlup

the pile of manure and carefully step-

ped upon the roof of the barn.





She had only taken a step forward.





though, when she felt the roof giving:

This frightened;





way under her feet.

her and she attempted to turn back

much too hastily. Before she could

get back to the pile of dirt, half the

roof together with a part of the wall

caved in, dropping her down into the

barn on top of the debris.

very badly frightened. Without stop-

ping even to look for her colt, she

leaped over the remaining portion 013

the wall, taking half-of it with her.





lHE did not turn to see what she



had accomplished but fled in terror

over the fields. When her courage re—

turned, she looked back and happily

discovered that still the man had not

returned, nor was there any’ other sign

of danger. On the other hand her lit-

tle colt was now standing near the

broken wall, his head. and ’shoulder

sticking up above it, calling frantical-

ly. She then hurried back with all

her speed, caressing him ‘as if she

hadn’t seen. him for weeks, and urging

him, in her dumb way, to come out.





He tried very hard to get over the

barrier, but could not make it. To

show him how to do it, she jumped in

again and as she jumped she knocked

another layer of ‘ sod into the barn.

Then as she was about to leap out a

second. time she heard a familiar whin-





'ny behind her. Turning nervously, she





made out in the gloom of the other

end of the barn, two horses, 'one of

them her mate. Poor White-black was

standing listlessly. in a cage-like stall,

securely tied to the manger. His voice

was weaker than it had ever been,

and his calling seemed strangely half.

hearted. A great desire to touch his

nose came over her, though the fear

of the barn, the frightfully nauseating

odors and the slippery, dirty. floor, all

urged her to fly-before some “myste-

rious force should seize her and hold

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deh more of it with her, lowering it

so decidedly that the little fellow was

able to climb over it



With a last heartfelt call to White-

Black, appealing to him to follow her

as he used to follow her in the days

that had gone, Queen raced once more

toward ,the haven of the north, ran

against all feele' protest of her little

son, ran till the, loathsome mounds

vanished from the undulating plains.



In a hollow where a spring slough

had turned much of the earth into

mud and then had partially dried up,

Queen drank, fed her baby; and, be-

cause he would go no further, she

grazed while he rested. She felt very

unsafe and gazed incessantly and fear-

fully toward the hilltop behind her.

Two images she expected to see com-

ing over the brow every time she

looked up. She" expected and feared

to see the man coming after her and

she expected and hoped to see White-

black. Neither came, but both haunt-

.ed her stormy mind and allowed it no

peace.



Fear urged her to be off and away





, but every time she started, her little





fellow refused to go with her. He

would raise his head painfully from

the grass and call ,to her but he would

not get up. He had not taken all the

milk there was for him and he acted

very peculiarly, but Queen’s fear was

implacable. She pretended to leave

him and ran all the way up the other

slope of the hollow. He called to her

in a frenzy of fear, but though her

heart beat last for him, she did‘ not

reply and when she began to disappear

over the summit of the hill he got up

in haste and ran with allhis strength

till he found her but a few feet from

the summit.



A peculiar note in his cry, some dis-

tance farther 011, made her turn round

to look at. him. She saw him touch

his shoulder with his little nose and

as he touched it she saw a swarm of

insects fly off from the spot. She walk-

ed back to him and discovered a deep

gash that ran across his breast and

up his other shoulder. The hideous

cut was covered by lumps of coagu-

lated blood and the insects settled

back on it as soon as he withdrew his

nose.



She proceeded .at once to lick the

wound till she found it was bleeding

again and stopped, bewildered by the

dripping blood. But the bigger prob-

lem presented itself anew. She looked

up suddenly and Spied, on the horizon

in the direction from which she had

come, a black moving object. She was

certain that it was the man coming

after her and springing forward a few

paces stopped suddenly when she

found that her colt was not follow-

ing her. She stamped her foot frantic~

ally, calling to him.



He started bravely after her, but

the more he ran, the more his wound

opened, and the coagulation that had

taken place and was trying to take

place failed to save him. Queen, Who

loved him with magnificent passion,

did not know that her running was

killing him. What could she have done

it she had known? The man was fast

gaining in the chase. Man always

gained, save. where death entered the

race and death was slowly defeating

this man.



(Continued next week).





The‘thing the farmer is Vmost con-

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that I have time to help my neighbors with their work. This

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It costs no more to own a Hercules.





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snow it keeps the engine on the job. Weather conditions have

A boy can start and operate the Hercules. You

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know‘ as much aS‘_Web§ter appeared to

know. ‘There _was‘ something in his

appearance thdtg'a've one the impres-





same in anotheipway'could be said of

David, the king of 'Israel. He. was

poet, musician, warrior, statesman and

monarch. He had many sides. He

could always keep the people guess-

ing, a. very useful/quality in a ruler.

The story of David’s choice for the

kingsh‘ip is strange and beautiful; Yet

it is not more strange thanother facts

of history. The prophet was directed

to the house of Jesse to find a future

- king of the nation.

Jesse was worth

several million

dollars, all invest-

ed in sons. They

were big strap-

.. ping fellows, any

one of w hom

looked as though

he could wear

royal robes with grace. These all pass-

ed before the aged man of God, but

none of them seemed to satisfy him.

Then was brought in the youngest,

right from the fields where he had

been doing his work as shepherd. In

the Bible’s expressive phrase, “now he

was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful

countenance, and goodly to look upon.

And Jehovah said, “Arise, anoint him;

for this is he.” It was another in-

stance of the farm boy beginning a

long and spectacular rise to power.

The men of influence of the present

attest that the same law is operating.

The country feeds the city. The farm

boy and the preacher’s boy rule the

world, or pretty nearly.





 





HAT being so, we should step at



nothing that will continue to bring

forth a large crop of sinewy lads from

the country. There are no kings in

America that wear crowns, but kingly

men do not need crowns. We are

evermore crying for men, we are not

particular as to their headgear.



David had all the qualities that

make up a. hero. In a short time he

was known in all the tribes. His ex—

ploits were more loudly acclaimed

than those of the king himself, which

got him into endless trouble. Any

one who could stand up to the giant

of the day, and slay him, would not

want for advertising, though bill-

boards, movies and wireless were un-

known. He became the hero of the

hour, and when we recollect how wise~

1y he behaved, it is easy to see how.

extraordinary were his qualities. Be-

ing a hero tends to make a. fool out

of a man, if one is to judge by mod-

ern samples. When Mr. Lloyd George

became a member of the House of

Commons, his first skirmish was with

Joseph Chamberlain, the boss of the

house, and the man feared even by his

friends. Chamberlain’s acid wit could

not silence the young Welshman, it

only brought out his abilities the more.

Saul determined to have David’s head.

As a sequel to this resolution on‘ the

king’s part are some of the most vivid

scenes of the Old Testament.





0R instance, there is the friendship

scene between David and Jens.-

than. Damon and Pythias have noth-

ing to equal it. The two big brawny

men fshed the manly tear at putting,

and the fugitive goes his way, while

Jonathon resolves to abide faithful to,

his friend, though it may cost himself

the throne.‘ Then there is the scene

where Saul camps for__the night, not

knoWiug that David is hiding nearby.-





 





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the setup, to wherefthe sleeping :mon- I

arch lies, takesthe‘ spear that stands

by, and stealthily leaves. He could





"have “killed the king with one blow,





but ‘he win. notihink at it. it Would

be a sin against Jeh0vah, he“ says to

himself. He ,will‘bide his time. He

will wait. if: God“ wants him to be

king, he will bring-it about: But his

love of a jOke willgn t let the incident

pass without havih *rsome fun. He

clambers up the rocks’ to a point of

safety and calls out to the-sleeping

men below that they are a. band of,

brave ones indeed: They certainly do

guard their beloved king. 'Here an in-

truder has actually entered the camp

and walked around at his leisure,

while the guards were enjoying their

sleep. They surely are a brave regi-

ment of soldiers! They” keep such a

strict guard over their monarch!



Saul is so impressed by David's

magnanimity that he resolves that he

will return home and pursue him no,

more, while Abner, Saul’s general, is

greatly humiliated. The king keeps

his resolution for a little while, and

then resumes his persecution. It re-

quires many experiences to make a

He must be pounded by

hard events, resisted by enemies, dis-

appointed by unexpected turns of clrw

cumstances, cuffed and beaten, and 10!

there comes ferth a man for the ages!

All this bitter experience had its fruit-

age when David came to the throne,

and was Israel's greatest king. His

son, Solomon, never passing through

the furnace of opposition, never going

to school in the university of persecu-

tion and hatred, was a. disappointment

as king, and brought the nation to

weakness and revolt:





“Then welcome each rebuff



That turns earth’s smoothness rough,



Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand

but go! ’



Be our joys three parts pain!



Strive andhold cheap the strain;



Learn, nor account the pang; dare,





HE road turned at last, and wound



past the house where David was

living. Saul and his valiant son were



neever grudge the throe.”



killed in battle, and the people said,

“We want David for king.” The world

owes much to the forty years that he

sat on the throne. We care not so

much now for the fact that he made *

his nation prosperous, and its influ-

ence felt throughout the east. David

did two things for the modern man.

He left the record of his own life. and

he left many songs or psalms, which

are cherished wherever Christianity

is known. As to his” life: He was

not perfect. Angels exist only in the

other world. He committed at least

one black crime, and the record makes

no excuses for him. His only escape

was the escape of the modern man, by

repentance and contrition. He led his

people in the way of the worship of

God, not toying with the thin claims

of heathen gods. He established jus-

tice for all classes of people through-

out his empire. Disaster well nigh

overthrew him once, when his son

sought to steal the kingdom from him,

and his agonizing cry over the death

of this son will never die: “Would

God I had died for thee,,Absalom, my

son,lmy son.” As to his poetry: it

is read, repeated, sung all over the

world. “It follows the missionary as

singing birds follow the dawn." “The '.

Lord is my shepherd." “How amiable

are thy tabernacles, 0 Lord of hosts."

and many’ more. '





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ANY wrong ideas are entertain-



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phobia, the medical name for

which is rabies. In the dog we picture

a furious animal, frothing at the

mouth; in the human being,‘a wild

Neither

picture is correct. Instead of the rar-

ing dog with frothing mouth we are

more likely to have a slinking, uneasy

animal who hides in corners. \ The hu-

man victim is simply a very sick, con-

vulsed patient, who is hoarse from

constricted throat. Dogs do not de-

velop the diSease from lack of water,

and there is nothing to show that rab-

ies is any more prevalent in the “dog

days” than at other times. There is

no “mad stone” that is of the slightest

value in the treatment of rabies.



Rabies is transmitted by a virus

that is more commonly communicated

by the bite of a dog than in any other

way. But it may also be spread by

cattle, wolves and even cats. None of

these animals can spread rabies un-

less themselves victims of it. Even

when a bite from a rabid animal is

received it does not always give the

disease. It depends upon the virulence

of the virus and upon the intensity

and site of the bites. Wounds on the

covered parts of the bodyare less vir-

ulent, because the p1otection of the

clothing reduces the virulence of the

virus.



Rabies is such a terrible disease



that one cannot afford to take the

slightest chance of allowing It to de-

yelop.

en in every case at all suspicious. Al-.

though bitten. persons may sometimes

escape, it is likewise true that in some

cases such slight contact as the lick

of the tongue of a rabid dog has been

sufficient to produce the disease, the

virus no doubt finding some abraded

surface.

, The first item of importance is to

determine whether the suspected ani-

mal is really rabid. 'Killing the dog

and sending the head to a pathologist

isone way’; a poor one. The better

plan is to catch the animal and tie

him’up for observation. If he is rabid

he will show definite symptoms as

quickly as any report could be receiv-

ed from a laboratory.



Treatment for rabies must be begun

without delay. Your home doctor can

get the vaccine, fresh from the labor-

atory, and administer it at your home.

This is the only cure. There is no

virtue in “madstones.”





 





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My age is sixty- six, weight 189, a

farmer, work every day and never

sick in bed, so I have much to be

thankful for. Have a c1awling, itch-

ing sensation at back of my neck as





soon as I relax in my chair in the.





evening; stops when I lie down Kind-

ly advise, if you can. ——G. C. G.





Symptoms of this indefinite class.





are often annoying, but'very hard‘to

treat unless the exact cause can be

located. Quite frequently they are due

to a deficienCy of circulation in some

local spot. "Such a condition might be





 





 





Early treatment must be take





caused by wearing suspenders in such

a. way as to make undue pressure, or

some other like trifle. I think you are

to be congratulated on your general

good health. Look for some reason for

this annoyance. If you don’t find any,

make up you1 .mind to pay it no at-

tention] '





SICK HEADACHE.





 





My husband, who is twenty- six years

old, is troubled with severe headaches.

When he has them he cannot eat,

though he feels hungry. At night he

may feel like vomiting. He has taken

physio for indigestion but that does

not seem‘ to help.——M1s. J. B,



Such, headaches as you describe are

apt to be of the migraine order and

are due to some physical defect, or to

irregular habits. Indigestion is not

the cause, but. a symptom. The first

thing is to examine into his habits

and see if there are things that he

does that are especially likely to re-

sult in headaches. Having. found this

out you will know what to correct.

Eyestrain is a frequent cause of head—

aches of this variety and should. be

carefully. considered.





R'ELI'EF FOR BUNIONS.





 





_What can be done for a bunion so

that a lady can wear a shoe without

having to cut a hole in it?-—B. B. L.



I judge that the bunion is of good

size and well established. For such a

case the best thing is to buy a bunion

reducer such as may be obtained at

most large shoe stores. It acts by

keeping pressure off the inflamed joint





. and although it does not cure the bun-





ion it does reduce it somewhat by

taking out'the inflammation.





REMEDY FOR POISON IVY.





 





. Please say what is good for poison

ivy. I have it on my hands—Reader.





We ran a piece about poison ivy in

a recent issue. The very best thing

is to avoid it. Scrub the oily poison

away with hot scapsuds before it gets

into the tissues. For those who have

it the best treatment is the applica-

tion of a solution of potassium per-

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. A single woman, aged forty-two, Who

is contemplating matrimony, would be

glad to be told whether the dangers of

child birth at her age are so great

that she should refuse.e——Nemo.





I once attended a woman forty-four

years old who had been a school teach-

er in single blessedness until one year

before that time, and whose life for

several months was made very miser-

able because of her dread of the com-

ing of her child. She got through with

remarkably little trouble, all over in

about two hours. This does not prove

anything for an;r other woman, but my

experience in general is that if a wom-

an is of right physique she does not

have a great deal more trouble in

childbirth because she is past her first

youth. Any good doctor can take the

measurements of the pelvis and tell

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that can harm. Thousands who are now say-

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children, as a safeguard against coffee-ills,

have found better comfort and better health,

in Pbstum.





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NCE again’the season has come,



when greens, water cress and



dandelions are needed to stimu-

late tired nerves and act as a tonic

for‘that particular brand of listless-

ness usually known as “spring fever.”

To many people the lagging appetite

is a symptom of some organic trouble,

but the truth of the matter is that the

necessity for so much food is over.

During the winter, heavy heating foods

were required, and now the digestive

organs are in need of a relief from

their strenuous work. Therefore, don’t

think that a prescription from the doc-

tor is necessary just because the ap-

petite is lagging.





But at the same time, the liver usu-

ally needs a little livening up after

the winter’s work. One of the best

spurs for this is spinach. If desired,

this may be raised for nearly all sea~

sons of the year, but if this is not

practical, it may be procured in all

markets. Spinach contains a little nit-

er, which is finefor the blood. it

also contains more iron than any oth~

er succulent vegetable. It is nine-

tenths water.





Rhubarb is recognized as one of the

best spring tonics and its low price

puts it within the reach of all, even

though your garden doesn’t boast a

few plants, as it certainly should. It

is the only existing vegetable that is

used strictly as a fruit. Unless the

skin on the stalks get tough, 'do not

strip them, as the skin has a_high

medicinal value.





Celery is a favorite vegetable dur-

ing the spring months, and is one of

the best tonics of the vegetable family.



Proteids must be supplied in some

forms, and for this we must rely most—

ly on fish and eggs. The eggs are at

their cheapest now and are very val-

uable as muscle-building food. The

necessary vitamines should be furnisn—

ed in the form of milk. While the

vegetables contain some vitamines,

the per cent is comparatively small,

and no one would care to eat enough

of them to provide the required amount

of vitamines, without using milk.





Rhubarb.



Though everyone realizes that rhu~

barb is.a very beneficial plant, many

do not care for it in its plain stewed

form, or even in pie. We have learn-

ed a way that it surpasses either, by

far. We cut it in inch pieces and

peel it if necessary, Then it is sweet-

ened to taste and put in an earthen-

ware crock, with just enough water to

cover. it. It is then put in a hot oven

and baked without stirring until it is

very soft and tender.





Jelled rhubarb is another delicious

way of fixing this wholesome vegeta-

ble. ‘

pieces, is put to cook with just enough

water to cover it. When boiled till

"tender, it is poured into a bowl 'con-

taining the desired amount of sugar, 3'.



_: tablespoon of gelatin and half a cup



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favorite way of preparing it seems to

be just as “boiled greens.” But unlike

most greens, spinach is fine cooked

without meat. To do this, boil the





leaves in salted water till tender and

pour into a colander. When well-drain-

ed, turn on a. platter and after cutting

cross-ways with a sharp knife, gar-

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HE edge illustrated is made of



No. 40 hard twist crochet cotton.



Use a steel hook of a size to

carry the thread easily. The edge is

suitable. to use on pillow slips, run-

ners, scrim or other loose-weave cur-

tain materials, sheets, etc.





It shows up very beautiful on cur-

tains and lays flat, which is a distinct

advantage.



To make: Chain 42 stitches. 'Turn.



First Row—Double crochet (dc) 1

in seventh stitch (sc) from hook, chain

(ch) 2, do 1 in same place, 1 lacet, 1‘

dc, ch 5, 1 lacet, 3 dc, ch 5, 3 dc, ch 4,

turn.





Second Row.——~6 do over first 5 ch -_in

previous row, ch 12, 3 do over next

5 chain, ch 2, do 1 over dc in previous

row, ch' 5, 1 dc over dc, 1 lacet, ch 5,

1 open shell in open shell of first row,

1 space (Sp), ch 5 turn.



Third Row.——1 sp, 1 open shell, 1

lacet, ch 5, do 1, 1 lacet, 3 dc over 2

chain in previous row; ch 5, 3 single

crochet (sc) ever center of 12 ch, ch

5, 3 dc over 4 ch at end of second row,

ch 8, turn. ,





Fourth Row.—Sc 1 over 4 ch at end

of second row, ch 3; do 3 over 8 ch,

ch 3, so 1 over 8 ch, ch 3, do ‘4 over

8 ch, ch 5, sc 3, ch 2, skip 3 so in

previous row, sc 3, ch 5, 3 (10, ch 2, 1

lacet, ch 5, 1 open shell, 1 sp, ch 5,

turn.



Fifth Row.—~1 sp, 1 open shell, 1

lacet, ch 5, 3 dc, ch 5, 3 sc, * ch 2,

skip 3 sc, sc 3, over'next 2 ch, repeat





 





from * once, ch 5, 3 dc, ch 8, so 1 in

lower edge of previous row, turn.



Sixth Row.—Ch 3, do 3 over 8 ch, ch

3, so 1 over 8 ch, chi3, do 6 over 8

ch, ch 5, * sc 3, ch 2, repeat from *

3 time-s; ch 5, 3 do, 1 sp, ch 5, 1 open

shell, 1 space, ch 5, turn.



Seventh Row.——1 sp, 1 open shell, 1

lacet, 3 dc, ch 5, * so 3, ch 2, repeat

from * 4 times; ch_5, 3 dc, ch 8, sc 1

in 3 ch. point of previous row, turn.



Eighth Row—Work 2 so then 5 pi

cots separated by 2 sc between picots

over the 8 ch at end of seventh row,

2 so. Reverse pattern .and repeat to

length desired.



POINTS FOR THE NEEDLE AND

THREAD. \





 





HEN God placed Adam and Eve



in the garden of- Eden, dress-

making was unknown, but after

they had eaten of the forbidden fruit

their eyes were opened and’they made

clothing for themselves of fig leaves.

From that time on dressmaking has

been an established fact.



For centuries dress making was

done by hand with needle and thread.

And finally, in 1845, a man by the

name or Howe invented the first sew-

ing machine. In 1846 it was put on

the market, and not until ten years

later did he realize the large fertune

received from his invention]



It was not a complete success as it

had a chain stitch, the ends of all

seams had to be fastened by hand.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 

   





 





 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





This machine has been improved .





with the lock'stitch', also many attache

ments, such as the hemmer, ruiiler,

quilter and tucker have been added

to it until we now have on our market

a great many different kinds and all

of them good. Today there is hard-

1y a home but what has a sewing ma-

chine.





We also have on the market pat-

terns of pvery size and style, which

are indispensible in home dress mak-

ing.



Garments that are outgrown and

others that are out of style, can be

made over for children very success-

fully. First, all seams should be care

fully taken apart and the goods wash-

ed. They should be well rins-

ed and hung out of doors to dry,

where the wind will whip all lint and

small pieces of thread out of them,

then press and you are ready to make

them. Great care should be taken in

laying the pattern/on thematerial and

cutting them.





A few yards of braid or a little em-

broidery, short and long stitch, or

some heads or fancy buttons add to

the beauty of these made-over gar-

ments and ’help to take out of the

child’s mind, the fact that the dress

used to belong to sister. In making

dresses for children, of new goods,

such as gingham, the ‘material should

always be shrunk»and large beans or

tucks placed in the bottom to letdown

as they are outgroWn.





Always buy several spools of thread

at a time so you won’t have jtd un-

thread the machine when winding a

bobbin, and when it is convenient

wind two at a time. ,



Always keep on hand bias fold tape,

rick rack, hooks and eyes, snaps and

buttons.



Learn to make the children’s every-

day garments without basting.



Always cut out several garments at

a time and you will be surprised to

see how soon they will be finished.





A hot flat iron is a great help on

sewing day to press in heme and flat-

ten seams.





And keep your sewing machine well





,oiled, and neverput coarse thread 'on





the machine,. as it weakens the ten-

sion. Now is a good time to make

the house dresses and aprons, .also

underwear and the children's summer

clothing. ——Mrs. C L. .





EGG RELISH,





 





Cut a pound of pork in small pieces.

This may be any part of the pork that

is at least partly lean. I usually use





what I cut off around the ham or-





shoulder bones. Fry, stirring frequent-

ly‘, until the meat is well broWned.

Then add a small onion, sliced'Wery

thin, and salt and pepper to taste.





, Over this mixture pour eight eggs that





have been well beaten. ‘ Leave. over





the fire but do not'cook too7fast. Stir; ~

only when necessary to prevent burn.

- ing Geek until the eggs beco‘

.and serve hot. This. wilt set, ,, . ,_

.1 "eight people and '





 





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' cabinet is a. porcelain sink.





" small kitchen





 





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to the third‘flopr.

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..the hall on the seCond floor and two

that open from closets on the third





 

 





 





" '-‘ Third Prize.

Mrs. R. Mr 0., Big Rapids, Michigan,

Friend Husband made a very handy.

convenience far my kitchen by sawing.

011 two inches of the legs of an- old

high chair. Castor’s were placed on.

the legs and the back and arms re-

moved. A wide board was hinged to

the back of the seat. When the board

is lying flat on the seat, it makes a

very useful wheeled tray. I use it to

carry dishes and food from the din-

ing-room to the kitchen‘and it is very

convenient when cleaning house to





carry all the needed cleaning utensils.





Then I swmg the board so that it





hangs down the back of the chair,

and I have a handy kitchen stool





 





 





 





 





A Made- over Hi gh Chair.





When enameled white, or oi a color to

match the kitchen furniture, it is real-

ly not bad lboking.





 





Fourth Prize.

Mrs. L. 6., Monroe, Michigan.



The handiest thing in my- home is

the built-in cupboard, or cabinet, in

my kitchen. The cupboard 0Ccupies

one side of the room, and reaches to

the ceiling, with an open space at the

correct height, making a table top the

entire length. In the center of the

About

one foot above the sink are two good-

sized windows, admitting plenty. of

light and air, and, best of all, giving a

pleasant view outdoors.



The table top is approximately two

feet ,wide and sixteen feet long, and

is covered with zinc The special fea~

'tui es about my cabinet are. that the1e

is a long closet space at the left suit-

able for ironing board, brooms, mops,

etc; a dish cupboard; one for grocer-





~ Mies, one, for kitchen utensils, one for





dis‘lipan‘ and large1 kitchen utensils;

‘a flour chest, eight draws for cutlery,

utensils, aprons and

viewels, with a draw specially lined

with tin to contain bread and cake.

At the right is a dumb waiter going to

the cellar.



- There the hard and soft- water fau

*cets at the sink. The outside is 11m





' Sshedin'Silv‘er-gray enamel, making it

easy‘tO‘keep clean:

1 entire 'meal' with taking only a few -





I can prepare an





steps, and everything needed to work

mith is close at hand. When the clean

h1g- work is to be done, there is plenty





1 of table: room and hot water to make





the task: easy.





 





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Fifth Prize.

Mrs. M:- J. 0., Ann Arbor, Michigan.

, I believe the: handiest thing in my

It ,is





house. and extends from the basement

It has a little door





.11. ~18 made at galvanized iron,

little more than eight inches





 

 





Ingsfor the Home

By T be Prize W Inner:





used for holding dry chemicals. I use

them for spices, tea, coffee, soda, etc.

They have the advantage of keeping

the contents in their original condi-

tion and a. glance is sufficient to show

how much you have on hand.





OTTAWA'PWOMEN HOLD COUNTY

CLOTHING MEETIiNG.





 





RE women in Ottawa county inter-



ested in the home demonstration

work? Ask any of the sixty-five wom-

en who attended the first county-wide

clothing meeting in Grand, Haven on

April 3. In spite of a constant down-

pour of rain all but two of the four—

teen groups who had completed the

clothing project under the direction of

Miss Eunice Ryan, Clothing Special-





'ist, M. A. C., and Miss Eva K. Schurr,





home demonstration agent, were rep-





resented.





The morning session was held in

the Court House, Miss Schurr presid-

ing. Reports from twelve communi-

ties were given by the' community

chairman. Each group also chose

projects for their next year’s program,

advanced clothing, interior decoration





.and household management proving





the most popu1a1.A county home

economics executive committee was

elected to advise with the agent on

matters of strengthening and extend-

ing the work. . ' '



These women were Mrs. C. C. Lillie,

of (foopersville; Mrs. \Vm. Gleason, of

Nunica; Mrs. John Kiel‘t, of Grand

lléu on Mrs. Henry Lubben, of Coop-

(rsville, and Mrs. Earl Lowing, of

Jenison '





 





Picture Contest





ARM weather has come at

last, with the “balmy



breezes” blowing summer ever

nearer. Housecleaning has been

completed to a grand finish. We

are turning our attention and

tasks to the beautiful green out~

of—doors. And just what are you '

doing out in the sunshine? Send

us your picture and let’s see.



For the best picture we will

give an aluminum preserving

kettle. The secondlprize will be

an aluminum serving tray;

while the third, fourth and fifth

prizes will be aluminum,sauce

pans.



Addiess your pictures to Mar-

tha Cole, Michigan Faimer, De-

troit, Michigan, before May 25.





 





 





 





After a cafeteria dinner served by

the Peach Plains and Neighborhood

Clubs, the afternoon session was held

in the Methodist Church; Mrs. iLillie

acted as chairman.





of clothing work: Mrs. Noble and Mrs,

Bargwell, of Coopeisville; Mrs. Bethv‘

ke, of Robinson, and Mrs. Campbell,

of Spring Lake. Miss Adele Koch}

specialist from M. A. 0., spoke on the

place of a [clothing project in a home

demonstration program, and Miss

Muriel Dundas, home demonstration





agent of Allegan county, gave a sur:





vey of Work' being done there.

Each group exhibited finished gar-





,ments showing processes learned dur~





ing the project. A distinctive feature





.,ofi..the exhibit was a seriesof scrap

books with samples made by the worn; w





on showing steps in the process of

making bound buttonholes, set in pock





ets, plackets, etc, besides decorative





stitches and machine finishes. Eve-





wry‘ene voted the day, a Success and all





, ‘The following;

women gave demonstrations of 'phases"





   





No. 4313—A Popular style. Cut in

seven sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and

46 inches bust measure. A 38-inch‘





terial. Price 1201.





No. 4324—Girls’ Under Waist and

Bloomer-s. Cut in six sizes, 2, 4, 6, 8.

10 and 12 years. A 10—year size re-

quires %, yard for the waist, and 1%,

yards for the bloomers, of 36—inch ma

terial. Price 120.





 





 





 





 





   





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No. 4317





A 10~year size requires 3% yards of

36-inch material for the dress, and 11/;

yards for the guimpe. Price 12c.



N0. 4118—Gi1‘1s’ Dress. Cut in four

sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. A 10-year

size requires 3% yards of 32-inch ma-

terial. Price 120.





   





 





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No. 4307-—Ladies’ Dress. Cut in

seven sizes, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42,44 and

46 inches bust measure. A 38-inch

size requires 4% yards of 40-inch ma

terial. The width of the skirt at the

foot is 23/3 yards. Price 120.





No. 4311—4265—Ladies’ Costume.

Blouse 4311 cut in six sizes, 34, 36, 38

40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure.

Skirt 4265 cut in seven sizes 25, 27

29, 31,33, 35 and 37 inches waist

measure. The [width at the foot is

three yards. To make this dress for

a. 38—inch size requires 4% yards of





 





40—inch figured material. Two separate





patterns, 12c for each pattern.





 





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No. 430l—iLadies‘ Work Dress.

in seven sizes, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and





48 inches bust measure. A 38-inch





 





size requires 5%thymtds of 36—inch ina-





Michigan Farmer Pattern Service

Dainty Frock: for Summer Wear that are Bot/z Sty/2:12 and Sz'rflp/e'





size requires 3% yards of 40-inch ma- '





Cut in four sizes, 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. ,





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No. 4309—Ladies’ Undergarment.

Cut in four sizes: Small 34- 36; medi- .

um 38-40; large 42-44; extra large 46-_

48 inches bust measure. A medium





size requires 2% yards of 36-inch ma-

Price 120. ,





terial.





 





No. 41,60w—Ladies’ Dress. Cut in

seven sizes, 36, 38, 40. 42, 44, 46 and

48 inches bust measure. A 38'inch

size requires 4% yards of 401nch ma.-





terial. The width of the skirt with _

plaits extended is 213 yaids. Price

12c. ‘





No. 4312—4225——Ladies’ Costume. The

blouse 4312 cut in six sizes, 34, 36, 38,

40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure;

Skirt 4225 cut in six sizes, 25, 27, 29.

31, 33 and 35 inches waist measure.

A medium size requiies 63/3 yards 06

36- inch mateiial. The width of the

skirt at the foot is two yards Two

separate patterns, 12c for each pat-

tern. ,





   





No. 4321-—Girls’ Dress. Cut in four

sizes, 8, 1t), 12 and 14' years. A ten-

year size requires four yards of 36-

inch matorial. Price 120.



Non 4318—Child’s Dress. Cut in four

sizes, 4, 6, 8' and 10 years. An eight-I

year size requires 3% yards of 27—inch

material. Price 120.





   





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four sizes:





4308—Ladies'





Apron.

Small 34—36; medium 38~

40; large 42444; extra large 46-48 inch-





es bust measure. A medium size 199 ,

quires 3173 yards or 36- inch material...

Price 120. '



No. 4162—---Ladies’ House Dress._. Cut

in seven sizes, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, “Land;

48 inches bust measure. A 38- inch size'

tequiies 61’ 3 yards of 32- inch material. ‘

The width at the font is 2% yards. '

Piice 120.1





CATALOG NOTICE.





 





Send fifteen cents either in silver

or stamps for our up-to-date springa

and summer catalog, showing coior"

plates, and‘containing 500 designs of ‘

ladies’, misses’ and childrens’ patterns.

a concise and comprehensive article- ‘- -‘

on dressmaking, also some points far

the needle (illustrating thirty of the

various, simple stitches) all valuab

hints to the home dressmaker.

~ All orders for patterns and cute]

should be addressed, to Pattern

partment, Michigan 1' we
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“Two hours after I leave my farm, my livestock is in the Omaha

yards, 3 5 miles away—thanks to GoodyearCord TruckTires. What

I save on shrinkage is profit to me.” -'-J. B. BENTLEY, Neola, Iowa





 





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owear, curb wear and road wear. They give





you high mileage at low tire cost.





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Weak. swollen ankles. tired feet. Dancing

and athletic wear. Made of light durable

elastic. can be worn inside shoe or pump.

Order by size and width of shoe. 81.50 per

pair post paid anywhere. 81.00 per pair for

arch support only. post paid anywhere.





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You need no experience in order

to ‘handle the work lfor us. Your

own car and a willingness to give

us at least eight hours of honest

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of you. _



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no obligations and we will tell you all

about our plan. . '

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0i luscious Strluberries. also run

dud Varieties. 100 each Proli-

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paid. I Spire. or 1 Concord



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where in small space. Suit-

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where suction lift is not





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‘(Use this department to, help solve

your 'Household Problems.

your letters to Martha. Cole, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit; Michigan). -





TO REPAIR THE OIL STOVE.





 





I was interested imthe’letter about

cleaning the oil stove. I wonder if

there is any way to fix a. stove when

the wicks won’t turn up? Have paint-

ed 'stove, etc., and put in new wicks,

but cannot make them turn. .15 there

'any where I could get new parts?—-—

Mrs. H. -

You do not mention the kind of oil

stove you are using, but I beliece, if

you will get new burners for your

stove you are using, but I believe, if

in turning up the wicks. The part

turning the wick sometimes becomes

worn and must be replaced. The deal-

er from which you purchased your

stove should ‘be able to furnish you

with repairs.





FOR POISONING ANTS.





 





I was bothered a greatdeal with

those little red ants getting into my

cupboard last summer. Can you to

.me how to prevent their coming . '

year?—Mrs. D. R.



One of the. most reliable ways' if

poisoning ants is to use equal parts

of tartar emetic and sugar. Moisten

this with enough water to make into

a. syrup and pour into shallow dishes





They will eat very freely of this and

as the poison does not act quickly, it

will be carried to the burrows and

fed to the larvae. In this way the old

and the young 'die together, and a

large colony is soon disposed of. In

case the water dries out of the dish,

more may be added, as this mixture

does not spoil. '





IRISH STEW.





 





Can. you give, me a recipe for mak—

ing Irish stew in which the propor-

tions of the vegetables are such as

not to give 'too strong a flavor of any

vegetable?——Mrs. R. G.



The following is a recipe for Irish

stew sent in by our subscriber, Mrs.

N. S. W.. which she likes very well.

Into a. six-quart stew kettle, put two

cups of meat (left-over) diced into one-

half-inch cubes, with any gravy or

broth which may be on hand. Add two

cups of boiling water and let simmer

‘While the vegetables are being pre-





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ion, fourc‘ups of. diced potato, tho

cups. ofdiced carrot, one-cup chopped

cabbage,.twwcups‘ tomato, either can-

ned or fresh, and add one heaping ta-

blespoon of salt, a dash of pepper, and

butter or meat drippings to suit the

taste. Some dried celery leaves rub-

bed betWeen the 'hands improves the

flavor. »A_dd two quarts of boiling'wa—

ter and after boiling one-half hour, add

one-half cup of macaroni, one-half cup

of rice, and one cup' of rolled oats. Stir

well and boil one-half hour longer.

Serve piping 'hot .with ' Crackers or

toast. This is sufficient for a family

of six.





 





RICE sTARCH- .





 





I have been told to starch my little

girl’s fine dresses With rice starch.

Can you tell me how tO'make it?—

Mrs. O’C. , 4 V .



Wash thoroughly one-quarter cup of

rice, and cook in one quart of boiling

water until very soft. As the water

evaporates add'm' '9 to keep quantity

up to one quart. ., When cooked, add

another quart of boiling water and

strain, without squeezing, through a





’ double thickness of cheese cloth‘or





through flannel. Use while hot and

it will be ”Mind the most satisfactory

starch for ueiicate fabrics.





TO CLEAN WALL PAPER.





 





Can you tell me how to clean wall

paper?—Mrs. E. A.



There are several commercial clean-

ers on the market with complete di-

rections for use; but a cleaner may

be made at home by mixing one-half

cup of water, three teaspoontuls of

vinegar, three teaspoonfuls ammonia,

one teaspoonful carbon oil, and one

cup flour. Boil these together until





thick, stirring constantly. Work the





dough into small balls and rub the

paper with downward. strokes so as

not to streak or spot.it.





HOME-MADE Gl.UE.





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Can you tell me how to make home-

made gl-ue?-———Mr‘s. G. P. ‘



Very good home-made giue is made

by dissolvmg half atpound ofgood

glue in three-quarterslof a. pint of wa—

ter and adding one-half pint of vine-

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HE consolidation movement has

. been slow in Michigan, the old-

est successful school of this

type, located at Mattawan, VanBuren

county, being now in its twelfth year.

An agitation of the question running

back to the days of Delos Fall as

state superintendent had, prior to

1917, a mere handful of this type of

schools as its net results. In 1917,

however, a law known as the Rural

Agricultural School Act passed the

state legislature without effort being

expended in its behalf and with very

little opposition being manifested.- It

took, however, another session of the

legislature to make the act workable

and in the years which have followed

the 1919 session interest and progress

in consolidation have been features in

educational progress. -

Now, the big question in school mat-

' ters'as in other affairs, is that of: mon-

ey and an economi, condition discrim-

inating against the rural communities

has placed undue stress upon the mat-

ter of taxes. General farm conditions

have certainly been bad during the

past two years. When statisticians

who know whereof they :ak, state

that not ten per cent of'the farms in

Michigan paid expenses last year, it

is unnecessary to expand upon this

topic. This condition has brought a

reaction against good roads, good

schools and, in fact, all improvements.





Such a reaction is reflected in the

attitude of the present legislature and

is, of course, to be expected. Rural

communities demand lower taxes and

they are looking to their representa-

tives to bring it about. Of course, it

is not likely that taxes will be any

lower and'if rural conditions change

so that the farmer has ready money,

the tax question will lose its signifi-

cance. People always have, and al—

ways will, kick on taxes, but the only

time they really mean it is when they

do not have the money to pay.



Along with other progressive legis-

lation that has been assailed, the rural

agricultural school act has come in

for its share, and believers in the pres~

ent law have exerted themselves to

the utmost to save a splendid act from

amendments intended to render it in-

operative.



Proposed changes in the present law

received the approval of the house

last week and will undoubtedly be in-

corporated in the act.. The most im-

portant of these provides that the ter-

ritory organized into a district must

contain at least twenty-four sections

of land or have a valuation of $1,000.-

000. Such an amendment-will restrict

organization somewhat but friends of

consolidation donot think will weak-

en the law, for'it will tend to larger

and better financed districts.



Another change requires the peti-

tions initiating the movement to form

a consolidated district to be signed by

at least fifty per cent of the school

'electors of each district to be includ-

ed. The present law requires twenty-

five per cent to sign. This amendment

gives to every district an absolute

veto on consolidation and renders it

impossible to bring a community into

a unit without the consent of a ma-

jority. ' \



The third clause of the proposed

amendment makes it possible to [sub-

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consolidated district must have oper-

ated as such for ‘five years. The

amendment will permit districts which

have voted in favor 'of consolidation,

but have never perfected their organ-

ization, to go back to the district unit.



These proposed changes will un-

doubtedly become a part of the law,

and while the movement is reaction-

ary, friends of consolidation do not

see in the proposed changes anything

to weaken the system. The provision

for larger and financially stronger

districts is in the interest of better

schools and the number of names re-

quired on the petition will mean that

when the system is adopted public

sentiment will be behind it and this is

really necessary to the success of a

school of any type.



Consolidation will presently be with

us. Local and economic conditions

may delay it for a time, but it is the

solution of the rural school problem

and eventually will come into itsown.



STATE FRUIT EXCHANGE

FORMED.





 





 





ROM-INENT fruit growers in the

western fruit belt of this state or-

ganized the Michigan Fruit Growers'

Incorporated, at Benton Harbor, April

13. This new OrganizatiOn will be

affiliated with the American Federat-

ed Fruit GrOWers, Incorporated, and

will have an authorized capitalization

of $100,000 with $25,000 paid in at the

start. ~

The list of officers are headed by

James Nichols as temporary president

and includes many men who have been

prominent in the fruit marketing cir-

cles of Michigan. The headquarters of

the exchange will be located at Ben-

ton Harbor, but if its volume of busi-

ness develops north of Grand Rapids,

a branch will be located there. Be-

tween twenty and thirty local cooperaw

tive associations will probably be in-

cluded in the membership of this or-

ganization. Each association which

joins will be required to take out five

shares of stock at $100 each. But af-

ter a permanent organization is affect-

ed, representation in the exchange will





on the tonnage basis,one share to:





every fifty cars of fruit shipped.





 





TH E GAS TAX.





TALK about the gas tax makes me

write. One senator says the weight

tax is good for the farmer. He is

wrong. Here is how it is. Farmers

do not drive as others do. The aver‘

age farmer drives about 2,500 miles a

year. Many others drive 25,000 miles

in the same time. Would the weight

tax be fair in this case? I would say

“No.” Let the man pay who uses the

road. Many from cities and villages

who use their "cars but little, favor the

gas tax—M; F. R.





COUNTRY GOOD PLACE TO RAISE

CHILDREN.





 





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7hildren in the sugar beet fields.

The country has always been an ideal

place to raise children. There is good

food, plenty of fresh air and sun-

shine, and real opportunities for the

children to learn to do sOme useful





work. They can also be taught habits





of thrift and industry under the super-

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' "White" Diarrhea.





Remarkable Experience of Mrs.

C. M. Bradshaw in Prevent-

ing White Diarrhea





The following letter will no doubt

be of utmost inter-est to poultry raisers

who have had serious losses from

White Diarrhea. We will let Mrs.

Bradshaw tell of her experience in her

own words:





“Gentlemen: I see reports of so

many losing their little chicks with

White Diarrhea, so thought I would

tell my experience. I used-to lose a

great many from this cause, tried

many remedies and was about dis-

couraged. As a last resort I sent to

the Walker Remedy Co., Dept. 507,

Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko White

Diarrhea Remedy. I used two 500

packages, raised 300 White Wyando’ttes

and never lost one or had one sick

after giving the medicine, and my

chickens are larger and healthier than

ever before, I have found this com-

pany thoroughly reliable and always

get the remedy by return mail.—Mrs.



. M. Bradshaw, Beaconsfield, Iowa.”





Cause of White Diarrhea





White Diarrhea is caused by the

Bacillus Bacterium Pullorum. This

germ is transmitted to the baby chick

through the yolk of the newly hatched

egg. Readers are warned to beware

of White Diarrhea. Don’t wait until

it kills half your chicks. Take the

“stitch in time that saves nine.” Re-

member, there is scarcely a hatch

without some infected chicks. Don’t

let these few infect your entire flock.

Prevent it. Give Walko in all drinking

water for the first two weeks and you

won’t lose one chick where you lost

hundreds before. These letters prove it:





Never Lost a Single Chick





Mrs. L. L.. Tam, Burnetts Creek,

Ind., writes: “I have lost my share of

chicks from White Diarrhea. Finally

I sent for two packages of Walko. I

raised, over 500 chicks and I never lost

a single chick from White Diarrhea.

Walko not only prevents’ White Diar-

rhea, but it gives the chicks strength

and vigor; they develop quicker and

feather earlier.”





Never Lost One After First Dose





Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah,

Iowa, writes: “My first incubator

chicks, when but a few days old, he-

gan to die by the dozens with White

Diarrhea. I tried different remedies

and was about discouraged with the

chicken business. Finally I sent to the

Walker Remedy Co., Waterloo, Iowa,

for a box of their Walko White Diar-

rhea Remedy. It’s just the only thing

for this terrible disease. We raised

700 thrifty, healthy chicks and never

lost a single chick after the first dose.”





You Run No Risk





We will send Walko White Diar-

rhea Remedy entirely at our risk

-—-postage prepaid—so you can see for

yourself what a wonder-working rem-

edy it is for White Diarrhea in baby

chicks. So you can prove—as thou-

sands have proven—that it will stop

your losses and double, treble, even

quadruple your profits. Send 50c for

package of Walko— give it in all drink-

ing water for the first two weeks and

watch results. You’ll find you won’t

lose one chick where you lost hun-

dreds before. It’s a positive fact. We

guarantee it. The Leavitt & Johnson

National Bank, the oldest and strong-

est bank in Waterloo, Iowa, stands

back of this guarantee. You run no

risk. If you don’t find it the greatest

little chick saver you ever used, your

money will be instantly refunded.

WALKER REMEDY CO., Dept. 507.



Waterloo, Iowa.





Send me the [ ] 50c regular size (or [ ]

81 economical large size) package of Walko

White Diarrhea Rem osiy to try at your risk.

;Sead it on your p tive guarantee to in-

stantly refund my money if not satisfied in

every way. I am enclosing 50c (or $1. 00)

(P. .0. money order, check or currency ac-

ceptable.)





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a hatching egg package are saf-

ety to the shipment, time re-

quired to pack, and cost of the pack-

age. Hatching eggs must travel with

a minimum of jar and be protected as

much as possible from sudden chang-

es in temperature. The package must

be one that can be quickly packed and

ready for the mail or express. The

cost of the package must be rather

small if it is used for hatching eggs

selling at a low price.

We have found the corrugated card-

board hatching egg boxes very satis-

factory for shipping hatching eggs by





Lakes.





parcel post. They come in sizes hold-

ing fifteen, thirty or fifty eggs each.

Parcel post boxes cannot be sealed

but can be tied Willi strong string. We





and use 'the pages of old magazines

which we save up during the year pre-

ceding hatching egg season. The egg

wrapped in two sheets completely fills

one of the compartments in the box.

There ”is no room for jostling and we

cannot see how eggs can be injured

in such a carrier unless they are ac-

cidentally dropped on the floor.





Some poultrymen ship eggs for

hatching in satchel baskets. The han-

dles are drawn together and tied over

the top of the basket and this pie-

Vents othei packages f1 om being plac-

ed on the eggs. Market baskets can

be used in the same way. A layer of

excelsior is placed in the bottom of

the basket. Then each egg is wrap-

ped in a wad of excelsior. Enough

space is left between the eggs so they

are not eiowded and cannot strike to

gether. When all the eggs are placed

another layer of the excelsior is laid

on top and a piece of burlap sewed

over the basket to keep the contents

firmly in place.





We have received eggs packed in

wooden candy pails. The pails had a

padding of hay several inches deep in

the bottom. Then each egg was wrap-

ped in several sheets of paper and

more hay was placed between each

layer of eggs. They came through

without breakage, but I believe there

is more jar to eggs in wooden recep-

tacles than in baskets. The baskets

have a spring to them that helps to

take up any jars during transit. -

I think it is most economical to use

the‘Cardboard containers. They can

be bought in knockd6wn form early

in the season and a large number of

boxes completely assembled before

the rush of the hatching egg business;

Then as the orders arrive it is only

necessary to open the box and 1111 it

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Hatching Egg’Shipmcnts

By R. G. Kz'réy





HE three main requirements of’





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a large number of orders can be band-

led rapidly.



‘The' strings for-tying the different

sizes of boxes can be cut the right

size. Packed boxes can be weighed

and the amount of postage required

for different zones noted on a card.

Then it only takes a short-time to

address, tie and stamp a box and it is

ready for the rural carrier. It saves





time to buy stamps of the right de-

nominations and keep enough on hand

for several d'ays’ business. This makes

it easier for the rural delivery carrier

and» saves watching for him when-

ever shipments are made.





For the





 





 





Some Pure-bred Bronze Turkeys Belonging to Grover C. Johnson, of Six

Mr. Johnson Sells for Breeding Purposes Only. He Says he Mar-

kets All His Birds Through the Pulling Power of Michigan Farmer “Ads.”





wrap each egg in two sheets of paper;





first zone it costs eight cents to mail

our fifteen-egg boxes. The thirty-egg

size costs ten cents, and the fifty-egg

size costs fourteen cents. .



We have found the parcel post meth-

od of shipping hatching eggs to .be

very satisfactory and it helps to make

the poultry business more profitable

on the farm. It saves many trips to

the city express office that might be

necessary if it were not for the help

of the parcel post.





SILAGE NOT GOOD FOR POULTRY.





 





HE Iowa State College has carried



on extensive expeiiments in the

use of silage for poultry feeding.

These tests have shown that it is dan-

gerous to feed silage to poult1y. The

reason for this, they claim, is that sil-

age often contains a slight mould

not visible to the naked eye, which

makes it undesn able as a poultry feed.

The Iowa authorities recommend the

elimination of silage from the ration

and the use of spiouted oats instead.





HATCHING EGG TROUBLES.





 





Please tell me why my chicken eggs

do not hatch They look good until

the fourteenth day of- the hatch. When

I break the eggs they look wet inside.

Can I hatch goose eggs in an incubat-

or? How much heat and moisture is

necessary?———A. M.



If the germ of life in an egg is not





strong it may die at any time during





the period of incubation, even though _





the incubator is given the best of at

tention. There will always be some

chicks die in the shell when all condi-

tions are about ideal. Many 6f the

successful hatcheries do not average

much over fifty chicks from one hun-





dred eggs throughout the season, even ,





though- the fertility of the eggs runs





   





eighty or ninety per cent. There_





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the eggs with water at about 100 de-

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second week. From the beginning of

the third week the eggs can be soaked.

about every other day in warm water

for about half a. minute. This can be

.done every day for the last three days

before the eggs pip. Most goose breed-

ers seem to prefer hatching with hens

or the mother goose, but it is occas-

ionally done artificially.





IDLE HENS BREAK EGGS.





 





Please tell me. what to do for hens

that break and eat their eggs. We

grealosing a. lot of eggs that way.—





Hens break and eat eggs because

they see the eggs in the nests and are

idle, and possibly crave something

they do not get in their ration. The

best remedy is to use slightly dark-

ened. nests which the hens enter at‘

the rear. The eggs are removed by

dropping the hinged cover in front.

Then turn the hens on the range as

soon as possible so they will become

interested in other things and forget

the eggs. Gather the eggs often.





Sometimes an egg filled with mus-V

tard or red pepper will give them all-

the egg citing they desire for a long;

time. But it is not a. sure cure. Most

of the egg-eating complaints come af-,

ter a long winter When the birds have

been idle a, large'part of the time and

the best remedy is to keep them busy

in deep scratching litter or on range.





SICK COCKERELS.





 





My cockerelsbreathe with mouth

slightly open, and with a. rattling in

throat. Later the bird sits down most

of the time, refuses to eat or drink,

and eyes swell up. One died after a

week of ailing. Have two more real

valuable 'cockerels coming down. Am

worried about the cause and what

trouble is and how to treat them. One

bird has a bad canker in mouth but

seems to be all 0. K. otherwise.—

S. R». B. .



The cockerels with the rattling in

the throat probably have bronchitis.

When the eyes swell shut it is usuallyI

due to a cold. 'Ten drops of turpen-~

tine in a tablespoonful of castor oil

may be useful in treating bronchitis.

Such respiratory infections are gener-

ally caused by dampness and expos-

ure. Lack of vigor due to confinement:

in the winter might be a cause.





The cockerel with canker can be





strong disinfectant on the wound with

a medicine dropper.





HENS EATING FEATHERS.





 





My chickens are eating the feathers

of the neck of each other. They do

not lose in weight, but soon become

helpless and die« What can I do!—





I do not think the feather eating

has any relation to the death of the

birds unless the ”feathers cause them

to become crop-bound or cause clog-

ging in some other part of the diges-

tive tract.



Feather eating is usually due to

idleness and lack of exerclSe when

the birds are confined during a long

winter. “(If they are given a balanced

ration and allowed to range they will

ustmlly forget the feathereatlng habit.

Perform a postmortem on the hens

that die andnote the conditional the





 





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Dear Uncle Frank.



As I wrote a. year ago this spring, I

thought I would write again. My sis-

ter and I are attending high school

in South Haven. We stay with my

aunt and uncle.



We have about 350 SCholars in our

school,‘ of which 125 are Freshies,

which includes we two, and the rest

are Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.

The girls from the “Junior High” and

high school gave a. gymnasium exhibi-

tion about three weeks ago. Every-

thing, most, was done to music. The

boys. also gave one. Not the same

evemng

-an operatta cast which was very nice.



As my letter is getting too long,I

must ring off or I may never write

again—Sincerely, Jessie Knapp, South

Haven, Michigan.





Like spring, you come once a. year.

I hope you will get the habit and write

more often. Your letter was dong and

newsyl In fact, ,I haven’t room to

print it all. Glad you like school.





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



I don’t agree with Clara McDonald

on bobbed hair. I think the hair that

1s thin, scraggly, and split should~be

bobbed. It gives the hair a better

chance to grow even, and makes it

heavier. My hai1 is bobbed and it’s a

good deal better now. I do not curl

it with the curling iron so I don’t spoil

it as some girls do.



I 1eceived the lovely pin and was

ever so much pleased to get it. ~Good-

bye, Dorothy Smith, Laingsburg, Mich.



I am glad to pass on your experi-

ence with bobbed hair to other girls.

Of course, boys have had their hair

bobbed for some time.



I

Dear Uncle Frank:



I received my pin and Merry Circle

membership card. Gee! but wasn’t I

tickled?



I am very lucky. I had two sheep

and Dad sold one with the rest of the

sheep and it brought $1511. The other

one had a pair of twins, both ewe

sheep. Dad said that I could keep

them. *



My dog’s name is Jack and he will

pull me down hill in the snow. I am

going to have a harness for him.



Well, I will close my chatter-box for

this time.——-Your nephew, Charles W.

Shipman, Coru-nna, Mich. ‘



You are lucky. Fifteen dollars and

your lambs and sheep makes a fair

start in the sheep business. Nothing

like having a useful dog, is there?





 





Dear Uncle Frank:



How do you do, my Dear Old Uncle?

Say, Will you allow me to look through

that Grizzly Brown waste paper bas:

ket of yours? I would probably find

my last letter there, because I didn’t

see it in the paper, but I won't sob

very bitterly about that, as I suppose

that bushels of letters. that? are far

better than mine, get the same treat-

ment.



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guess what I did Fridayp p. m. Well,

I will tell you. I went back in the

field and burned brush and when I got

that done I went over where Dad had

left the team and plow stand while he

picked stones. I put the lines around

my waist and plowed until I had got

to the opposite side of the field. I

Saw a big stone which I thought I

would plow into it and loosen it. But





when the plow hit the stone, the plow ,





bounded and I fell down; so did the

plow. Dad saw me and, 0h! new he

laughed.



I muSt stop this as it is already too





Mi ihc .

It isnt necessary for you to look





 





“Strolling," by Leo Heiler, Bath, Mich.





into the old brown waste basket——

your letter was there. Doesn’t plow-

ing stones jar you,tthough?





Dear Uncle Frank:



am a city girl but I spend my

summers on a twenty-five acre island,

which is not so large as your country

friends’ farms. However, we keep

chickens, pheasants, peacocks, swans,

ducks and geese, also pigeons and

dogs.



I belong ,to the Campfire Girls,

which is a wonderful organization. In

place of knickers I wear khaki bloom-

ers and middy blouse. —Mary Blain,

230 Pingree Avenue, Detroit, Mich.





You are a real outdoor girl, even

though you live in the city. Your is-

land must be interesting. Tell us more

about it.





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Dear Uncle F1 ank:



I am .twelve years old and when I

start to school again I'll be in the sev-

enth grade. I attended school until

January but I had to stop as I am not

very strong, and show symptoms of

tuberculosis. However, ‘I hop..i to be

allowed to call myself your niece, and

a cousin-to the other interesting Mer-.

ry Circlers.

Wonderful.





Jean Evans, I'd like to pat you on- were SOME to stay on the farm, and,





the back. Gladys Clark is right,- too.

——-Your loving niece, Helen Sage, So.

Bend, Indiana.





As you have a button and card, you ~-





are a. full-fledged Merry 'Ci'rcler. I

hope you will live the outdoor. life as

much as possible in order to get back

robust health.‘ ‘ _





   





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inc hes, and; weight about 160

My father calls me .“Slim.”

beat that?

from thein.——Mild_red Fairbanks. Wil-

liamston, Mich.’

Let's start a. “slim” contest. Who

can beat Mildred’s height and weight?

Maybe some of Doug Fairbank’s

stunts would take a few pounds off of

Mildred Fairbanks. -





Dear Uncle Frank.

I have written twice before, but they

say the third is a charm, so here goes.





I don’t like the idea of debating





about kgickers and bobbed hair on the

Boys’ and Girls’ page. Everyone has

a right to his own belief and it may

cause hard feelings if they keep on





The Girls’ Glee Club gave long. ——With Love, Lola Court, Allen, telling them.





Let’s have contests every week. I

received a pin for a Read-and-Wiu

Contest and think it is very nice.



Well, I'll close, hoping to hear from

some of the other boys and girls.—

{long loving niece, Eva Floris, Remus,



10





I don’t believe We will have any‘





‘hard feelings resultingirqm our dis-

cussion. .

sion of opinion is a good thing once

in a while: Your charm\ worked‘all

right, didn’t it?





Dear Uncle Frank:



It is just impossible for me to keep

silent any longer during a time of de-

bating like the knickers and bobbed

hair question.



I think that it would be all right for

girls to wear knickers it they had to

work out in the fields on a. hot sum—

mer day. No one could work and feel

comfortable in flowing Skirts. Yet, I

don’t like the idea of girls wearing

them “just for shew” as some do. ~11:

would be all right if a bunch of girls

go camping. No one can romp around

with dresses on, because they would

soou tear them.



Now, for the bobbed hair. I think

it is all right for girls whose hair is

short and thin Some girls look all

right, while others don’t. My hair is

not cut and I have .always said that

I would not have it out if there was

only one hair left on my head.



This makes my ninth or tenth letter

and none in print yet. ———Your niece,

Neita BroWn, North Star, Mich.





You have a sensible view of the

knicker-bobbed hair subject. Perhaps

we have discussed this enough now.

Who can suggest, some other subject?





.TO STAY ON FARM.





 





HE 604 boys and girls who attend-

ed the National Live Stock Show

last winter from all parts of the coun-

try made out questionnaires which

gave some interesting informatiou.

These boys and girls were prh§~win-

ners in their respective states. .. A

summaiy of these records follow:

The average size of bank accounts





' was $111.10.





The average value of property own-

ed by those listing it, $318.40.





Percentage of those in school, 75.9..





The average school grade was the

ninth grade.



The average age, fifteen years,

eight and one- half menths.



Sixty-five pei cent stated that they

expected to go to college, while 13.7

per cent were definite in their decision

not to go to college. The others were

undecided. ’



Over ninety per cent said that they





only 2. 5 per cent announced their de-





cisiOn to take up some ether occupa- .





tion. .



These figures

that it pays to get the young folks in-

terested in farm activities; especially





such activities from which they them- .





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use, and others showed that the writ-

ers did not have clearly in their minds

what a motto was.



The dictionary says that a motto

is “a short sentence or phrase, or a

single work, adopted as expressive of

one’s guiding idea or principle, ap-

pended to a coat-of- -arms, or otherwise

prominently put forward. ”



We, of course, have, no coat-of-arms,

as they are things of the past, but I

think we want to adopt some expres-

sion which will act as a guide in our

lives’ activities as well as those of our





' Merry Circle. For that reason we had





the motto contest. W





For the prize winners, I picked the '





ten which appealed to me the most.

The ten are given below, but not in

the order of winnings. This is done

because I would like you boys and

girls to pick out the one we should

finally adopt. Here they are:



Keep wOrking, .it‘s better than sit-

ting aside.



Today decides tomorrow.



Work to ‘win.



Brighten the corner where you are.



Be as good as your word. Say “yes"

to all good, and “no" to all wrong.



_Step up the stairs, don’t stare up

the steps. '



It's the songs youxsing, and.» the

smiles you wear that makes the sun

shine everywhere.



Be faithful in little things.



To the highest.



Perseverance wins.



Others besides the prize winners

sent good mottoes. Many sent in the

one we find so often in these columns,

“If at first you do not succeed, try,

try again.” It’s good, but it seems to

me that it is too common for our use.



One boy sent, “live and learn and do

your best." This is good, but perhaps

it would have been better if Worded,

“live to learn and do your best,” or

better still, “learn to live and do your

best.”



Quite a few sent in, “be square."

Some chose, “early to bed and early to

rise”——you know the rest. One said,

“if you want a thing done well, do

it yourself.” Another said, “we will."

She must have come from Chicago, for

that city has “I Will” for its motto.



One Merry Circler quoted from

poetry in giving, “act, act in the liv-

ing present.” “Politeness is to do and

say the kindest things in the kindest

way," has a good thought in it but we

‘do not want, to confine ourselves to

politeness alone.



One chose, “what is home without

a mother.” Now, a home without' a

mother lacks one of the great home

essentials, mother love, but that ex-

pression would hardly do as a Merry

Circle motto.



“Where there is a will there is 'a

way,” and “honesty‘is the best pol-

icy" had their due share of advocates.

Both‘contain very good thoughts, but

are used so often because of their pop-

ularity that we can not use them to

advantage.



One girl sent in, “no work—no eat.”





That’s what it should be, all right. -





Another. girl gave a very good sug-

gestion when she said, “be workers of

our club and not readers only.”



Some, had a religious tone, as, “With

“fol-

low in Christ’s footsteps.” "A merry

heart dot-uh good... like medicine,” is

Another had an entirely

different tune. It said, “mind your

own business ” ‘



One boy, Arthur Uecker, wrote the

.following couplet: , '



“K1301viodge, Wisdom, Hope and Love





, Make up. our Merry Circle. "





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would We been a prim winner.





one suggested that we should “be '.





merry, helpful and honest.” That’s a

very good suggestion, by the way, be-

cause it mentions three things which

are very important in gaining success

in life.



There Were many other mottoes

which can not be given for lack of





 





Ad. Reading Contest





THIS is the same as the

Read-and-Win Contests, ex-

cept that you will find the an-

swers in the advertising col-

umns. Please give your an-

swers as short as possible, and

give the page on which you find

them. Remember, neatness

Counts. Here are the questions:





1. How many cows are nec-

essary to make a DeLaval milk-





er pay y?

best and





2. What is the

cheapest means of identifying





your stock?



3. What car has an all-steel

body with a lustrous baked

enamel finish?



What engine was the best

hired help Watson Riseley ever

'had?



I. 5. Who advertises “Loaded

Metal Guns 15c. 7”



6. What pulled stumps faster

than any other method?



7. Who is making a special

offer on twelve bulls from twelve

'to twenty-four months old? ,



8. What is the safety razor

of the fields?



9. What company says, “The

proof of the oil is the using?”



10. What per cent of lead is

used in making rubber foot-

wear?





The two best papers will win

pencil boxes; the next three,

nickled pocket pencils, and the

next five Michigan Farmer maps

of the world and New Europe.



The contest closes on May 17.

Address Uncle Frank, Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.





 





 





 





space. The object in giving such

variety is that we would like to have

you help pick out one which we can

use for the Merry Circle. When you

pick out your favorite please consider

the thought behind it and how that

thought will apply in Merry Circle

activities.



Perhaps you will answer the Ad.

Contest this week. If so, mention

your favorite motto on a separate

sheet at the same time. This motto

may not necessarily be one of the

prize winners, for we may find some-

thing better.



The motto which. the greatest num:

ber of boys and girls select will be

come the Merry Circle motto. Don’t

forget, you should do your share in

picking this motto by telling us your

favorite.



The Prize Winners.





wI suppose you are anxious to learn

the motto ,contest winners are.



Whel , here they are; way at the end

of this article.

Winners of pencil boxes are:

Thelma Skelton, Auburn Mich” R. 2.

Muriel Cook, Owosso, Mich, R. 2.

Those who get pencils are:

Hazel Crowell, 202 Ottawa Street,

St: Johns, Mich.



Elsie Mae ‘Farmer, Durand, Mich.

RR40berta Brace, Gland Ledge, Mich”



And here are the map winners.



Viola Peterson, Skandia, Mich., R. 4.



Blanche Smith, Mulliken, Mich.



Cassie Polaskey, Dafter, Mich” R. 1.



Kenneth Dean, Ada. Mich. R. 1.



Olive Kushmaul,

R. 4.



it looks as if the girls were the best

motto pickers, doesn’t it?





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For that, .

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During 1923 we will sell 30, 000 strong, healthy, super-

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Hundreds of Customers Report Big Profits





Laying Strains on Earth

White Leghorns, Brown Leghorns, and All-

from strai ns backed by 18 year-

he enormous output

chicks enables us to sell theee money- makers





from Funk Farm direct.





 





I. LBeebe, St. Charles, Mich. writes: My

100 hole l'nid 198 egg gs each and Imsde

over 3000 .00 clear pro 1; last year.



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D131 11, Port Huron, Mich. The pull.“

began to lay at 411 months old and averaged

23% eggs each for one month.





F. L. Bess, Chicago. Ill. writes. I system

059; a dnynfrom I40 hens and

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Ship Cream Direct





It is iust as easy to take the cream to the rail-

,toad agent, ship it direct and get all the money the

creamery can pay. as it is to take it to the cream

agent. and let him get part of the money for ship-

,ping it. The transportation charges are the same

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Many Profits from Cows





Dairying yields a profit in many,different forms.

Sometimes actual cash profits may seem small.

Indirect profits may at times be obscure. but are

present and far reaching nevertheless. In addition to

theoash income. thedairycow isutilizing cheap feeds.

grazing onrough land, and saving the by-products

of the grain fields. Skim milk i? a very valuable

feed for the growing pig and cal . In addition to

this, the dairy cow returns directly to the soil much

of the fertility which is removed by the crops.

Under such circumstances it would be a very r

cow indeed, which would not return value rece ved

in one form or another.-—H. . muss, South

Dakota Extension Dairy Specialist.





Blue Valley Boosters





The manufacture and sale of Blue Valley package

.butter would never“ have increased from 48.272 .986

Eackages in 1921 to 58,729,777 packages in 1922,

‘ ad it not been for the good word passed along to

their _neighbors‘by farmers who already had the

.experience and knew that shififiing cream direct

to Blue Valley meant getting f value for it.

Every good farmer wants to see his neighborhood

rosper. That's not only human kindness but good

usiness. It makes the land worth more. So all

these Blue Valley Boosters co-operated in making

this full-value cream market still greater and more

rofitable to all farmers. In turn, Blue Valley is

ending every effort to make eVery Blue Valley

cream check back up the good words they have

spoken for us. .





‘ Every Man to His Trade





Blue Valley uses an enormous quantit of r

ckages, parchment paper and bOxesyfor pgfife Most Cream from Cleanest Separator

.alley package butter every year. We have some. ,, Wash and clean the separator after each skim-



times been asked why we buy these great quantities ming. If not, a sediment will be left in it. This

of supplies from manufacturers instead of runnin 'will throw the bowl slightly out of balance next

a factory of our own and get the manufacturers time the separator is used, the machine will run .

profit ourselves. - . ‘ harder, butterfat will be lost and the cream will



This is an age of specializing. We are manufao- test lower.

'turers of creamery butter—buyers of cream and The separator that is washed clean after every

sellers of butter. That's the business we know. skimming gets most butterfat out of the milk and,

We don't know carton or box making. That’s of course, a much better quality of cream. '

another business. If we took it on, we would have Skim the milk as soon as it is drawn from the

to take capital from the creamery business. scatter cows. The separator skims best when the milk is

our energies and trust to hired help. The paper warm, or about 80 degress Fahrenheit. If you

and the box men are experts in their business. For have to wait. as sure to heat the milk to that

that reason they can supply us cheaper than we temperature before skimming. Never skim cold

could do it ourselves, and make their legitimate milk. You will lose butterfat in the skim milk.

profit besides. _ Always turn the separator at the speed marked



Blue Valley cream shippers all through the on the crank. It skims closest at that speed. It

Middle West find the same principle holding true pays to have the same person run the separator

of business farming and cream marketing. Every every day. He or she gets used to the correct

man to his trade. Farming is one business. speed.

Making Blue Valley butter is another. Competi- Be sure the separator is well oiled and stands on

tron protects both. a solid, level foundation.





 





Use Your County Agent





Use your county: agent. He is always glad to

help you make more money from ybur cows. He

knows what pays under your condition of farming.

If you are in doubt how to feed or breed for largest

profits,. ask him. He gets around all over your

county. is in touch with a great many farmers.

knows what is going on and he is only too glad to

help you in a practical way, if he can. Use him.





 





 





 





Your cream sells for a good price at the good cream market. Get,

for yourself, the full price the creamery pays. You own your

cows—you produce the cream. Get all that cream is worth.



It is easy.





Ship Direct to Blue Valley





Blue Valley Creameries situated in

best butter markets buy cream di-

rect and make Blue Valley But-

ter. Blue Valley Butter brings

better price. It’s sold direct.

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We Guarantee

That our check In pay

ment for each and every

can of ere-m you send as

will satisfy you.

We guarantee the ash

return of your empty cane.





If for any reason whet-





DAYS Speciilators make any- $1°'.¥.‘§'1.‘a"c:°i‘..'.'r"i3‘£

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lend no money,

We ship a can

agree! post prepa d

your door. Ship us

cream for 90 days, If at

the end of that time on

fully satisfied wi our

p can and quality of cans.

gy from cream checks' 5 gallon can





—every cent. Just

take your can of cream to nearest railroad

station, addressed to nearest Blue Valley

Creamery. That's all. We send check day

your can of cream is received. You take

no chances—we pledge ourselves to

please. You’ll be satisfied with

check same as thousands of Blue

funny and our charge will be cancelled. Valley shippers. Ship one can

on are the only Judge. and prove it.





BLUE VALLEY CREAMERY CO.





(Below is the list of Blue Valley Creamer-ice. Ship or write the nearest m.)





Detroit, Mich. Grand Rapids. Mich. Indianapolis, Ind. Cleveland. Ohio



Columbus, Ohio Kansas City, Mo. Persons, Kansas St. Jeuph. Mo.



Sioux city In. Milwaukee, Wis. St. Louis, No. "not! min.

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FOR those with electric power of any current, this is the

outfit without an equal. ' .



Every principle of the reliable Hinman Standard Milker,

that has had fifteen years’ success, is embodied here. The

power unit and pump come in a neat, compact, light outfit

easily carried in one hand. No installation necessary. When

it arrives you attach to any light-

ing plug and milk.



Suitable for dairies of any size. Simple

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the dru dgeryofmilk-

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'THE NEW ASSOCIATIONS.





started betv‘veen March 10 and

April 10, as follows:

Carl Mathiesen, tester;_Arenac coun-





Ingham, Leslie, L. E. Foster, tester.





caowmé RAPIDLY.





HIRTY—EIGHT cow:testing associ-





today. In April, 1922, thirteen cow-

testing associations were





ty-eight associat’ious. During March,

seventy unprofitable cows were sold to





sociations.





least forty-five associations will be in

active operation; and if the testers

can be found, there'will perhaps be

above fifty cow-testing associations

running. The tester supply is quite

acute. One of the cow—testers was

taken on as county agent during the

past week, Mr. J. C. Carter, of the

Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Associ-

ation, was advanced to county agent

in Arenac county at Standish, Mich-

igan.





FORMS TWO ASSOCIATIONS.





OUNTY Agent S. S. Smith has



thoroughly followed up the dairy-

alfalfa campaign in Genessee county.

Two cow-testing associations were op-

erating in Genesee county since last

October. One hundred twenty-nine

men responded during the dairy and

alfalfa campaign in February, 1923, as

wanting cow-testing association work.

Mr. Smith got out to see these men

and has now three more associations

organized in that county. This puts

Genessee county in the lead with five

associations. Kent, Allegan, Jackson

and Ingham counties each have three.





 





LEADERS FOR MARCH.





HE Livingston County Cow-testing



Association, Carl Horwing, tester,

had the ten high fat-producing cows

for March, with 80.94 pounds of butter-

fat, while Macomb County Cow-test-

ing Association, E. Johnson, tester,

had the banner ten 'high cows on milk

production, averaging 1,970 pounds of

milk. The best average butterfat pro-

duction for the entire cow-testing as~

sociation goes to the West' Allegan

Cow-testng Association, Leslie ‘Wilcox,

tester. Two hundred fiftyone cows,

including fifteen dry cows, averaged

for March 33.4 pounds of butter-fat—

better than a pound of fat 9. day—and

710 pounds of milk, or about twenty-

three pounds of milk per cow. The

Lapeer County Association, with R. F.

Peabody testing, has the largest num-





 





THE LEADING HERD Fon MARCH.





RKT. C. TEIDEBOL, of the North

Van 'Buren / County Cow~testing

Association, Mr. M. S. Themashtester,

had the high herd production. Nine-

teen .pure-bred Holsteins averaged

1,024 pounds of milk and 63.8-pounds

of‘butter-fat. Three other herds-made.

an average betterthan fifty pounds of?

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.bnttentat‘ on the herd: fertile;





Cow-Testing ActiVitics





HERE were six new associations

Hillsdale No. 1,.

ty, J. W. Hoffman, tester; 'Muskegon,

Ravenna,’ J. F. Bennett, tester; Osce-





ola, Evart, M. N. Roab, tester; Allegan,

Dorr, Howard Busfield, tester; and





ations are operating in Michigan

running.





Above ten‘thousand cows are now reg-

ularly under monthly test in the thir-





Indications are that by May 15 at





 





of March: Mr. J. B. Tooley,.of .Living- .





ston county, on pure-bred Helsteins;

.Rousch & Price, ,of Newaygo County

Cow-testing Association, on grade

Guernseys; Fred Holbeck, of Ogemaw

county, on grade andvpure-bred Guern-

seys. Dr. Tiedebohl’s record as a herd

is. Quite remarkable in that it leads

the list and totals nineteen cows, the

greatest number for any herd aver-

agesin the totals for all associations.





THE BEST INDIVIDUAL COWS.





HLE" honor of having the high cow



for all Michigan cow-testing asso-

ciations during March goes to Macomb

county, E. Johnson, tester: Mr. Ernest

Hordy is the owner of the cow, which

was high cow in butter-fat production.

She was milked four times daily, fresh-

ened March 2, 1923, at five years of





the butcher out of the thirty-eight as- age. and made 1.984 pounds of milk





and 97.2 pounds of butter-fat.



Second honors, and very distinguish-

ed, go to Smith & Parker, of the Liv-

ingston County Association, Carl Horn-

ing, tester. This pure-bred Jersey

eight-year-old freshened January 4,

1923, under twice-a-day milking, made

97.11 pounds of butter~fat and 1,407.4

pounds of milk. '



The high cow in milk production

belonged to Dr. T. C. Tiedebohl, of the

North Van Buren Cow-testing Associa-

tion. This pure-bred Holstein cow

made 2,427 pounds of milk under three

times-a-day milking. Two other cows

made better than ninety'pounds of but-

ter-fat. Mr. H. Hough, of the Lapeer

,Cow-testing Association, Mr. P. F. Pea-

body, tester, had a. grade Durham

which made 96.97 pounds of fat during

March. This cow was re—tested and

found to be correct. Mr. Glen Pickett,

of the South Kent Cow-testing Associ-

ation, Harold Schoner, tester, with a.

pure-bred Guernsey five years old.

made 91.84 pounds of butter-fat and

[1,224.5 pounds of milk.





 





KALAMAZOO FINISH E3 \THIRD

‘ YEAR.





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THE Kalamazoo Cow-testing Asso-



ciation, with Mr. S. P.' Sexton,

tester, has finished its third year and

has re-orgaiiized for the fourth year.

Mr. Sexton continues to do the test-

ing work. Mr. S. J. Stondley had the

high herd average for butter-fat. His

nine purebred Jerseys averaged 343.5

pounds of butter-fat and 7,507 pounds

of milk. Mr. George 0. Drake, with

twelve'grade Holsteins, averaged 9,487

pounds of milk, the highest in milk

production. The high cow in butter-

fat was a grade Holstein, “Rosa,” own-

ed by Mr. Drake, which made 549.9

pounds of butter-fat, a pound of fat 3





day for ten months in the year. Prof- ‘





itable production? Yes, they made?

an average return of $2.88 for every

dollar expended for feed.





 





GRAIN TO FEED wm-ico'RN.





We have five cows and they are all





her of cows, a total of 472 under test.‘fresh. We have a silo and plenty of

* «alfalfa hay. What would be a good





dairy ration, feeding the silage, alfalfa,

and some ground corn ?——C. M.





Mix wheat bran, ground oats, and

cornmeal together, equal parts, for the

basic grain ration. Feed each cow two

pounds of oil meal per day and enough

‘more, of the basicgrain ration. to make

one -'ll0l1nd .otggr'am’ for War! {but





pounds of mlikaproduceddn a day.) ~





~ You" can well: acorn? toj'2teed3all1the

8,985.9 ”andii_’alf3113“l?%¥ they '

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1i e ones‘oam-r d.at‘ the

wonderful feeding value of corn





h silage' However, Dr. McCollum, of





Jeh'ns Hopkins University, has made





this "clear. His recent experiments in

- nutrition'have resulted in some very





important findings, especially the val-

ue of so-called vitamines contained in

the oil and fats of certain food prod:

ucts. We find in corn much,’ of this

vitami‘ne and it is One of the elements

which makes the corn plant such a

wonderful producer of valuable food.



The chemist can determine the

amount of protein, carbohydrates and

ether extracts in? any food, but there





are other valuable elements which he ‘





cannot determine. The digestibility

of these foods is another matter which

is hard to determine, but teeding tests





'give [reliable and dependable results.





Corn silage is not only rich in car-

bohydrates but also contains much of

this so-called vitamine which ‘is the

true life and strength-giving quality of

a food. -



The wise feeder will hold 'in mind

two important matters when lie makes

up his ration:



First, it must be a ration which will





‘ supply the necessary nutrition for





growth or production.



Second, it must be a cheap ration

and, if possible, produced on the farm.



Corn Silage meets both of these de-

mands, and to feed well and cheaply'

corn silage should be used to make up»

the. base of the rafiion.



In corn silage We have a feed which

is grass-like, palatable and relished by

the, stock. It represents the largest

amount of good feed that can be grown

on-an acre. It represents the largest

amount of digestible carbohydrates





‘ that can be produced on an acre, and





it also represents sufficient amount of

this most valuable vitamine material

which is necessary for growth, vigor

and life in the animal. This explains

why. we find the 'silo towering high

where intelligent farming is practiced

and where it is necessary to gain the

greatest possible wealth from the

acres. We shall see more of these in

the future because we must now make

our acres earn more money and we

~must feed with greater economy—A.



L. Haeclier.





 





‘ NEW MIQHIGAN HOLSTEIN CHAM-





-, PION.





 





RAVERSE Echo Sylvia Walker, a

, Holstein cow owned by the State

Hospital at Traverse City is declared

new state champion producer in the

junior two-year class‘ for production of

butter-fat in thirty days. This cow

produced 2,300.0 pounds of milk and

80.453 pounds of butter-fat, according

to official announcement from the ad-

vanced registry office. This butter-fat

production equals 100.56 pounds of but-

ter. The new champion takes the‘place

of Eden Hope, owned by G. W. Ridge-

man, at Vassar. ‘





MILK COST HIGH.





 





ECENTLY the United States De—



partment of Agriculture ‘made a

survey of the costof producingmilk

in Wisconsin. Records of forty-eight

representative farmers showed that

the cost of producing the- milk was

twenty-five per cent higher than the





Since the department has issued

these figures, many Michigan dairy-

men are 'wondering what the dairy

production costsin this state are, and

are looking to the college authorities





advahléage such figures " as





 





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were com;-

piled by the government for Wiscon-

sin. The Badger state survey showed

that the average production r cow

per“ year was 7,320 pounds. The low-

est was 2,830 pounds, and the highest

13,000 pounds.



This survey showed that only the

very best herds were able _to produce

at a profit, and that but few farmers

were receiving forty cents per hour

for their labor, and the market price

for their feed.





 





as PREPAREDJ—lon THE HOT

. DAYS.





 





HE time is near at hand when‘



dairy products of the farm will be

purchased on a grading market. It is

not fair play for the dairyman who

appreciates the importance of proper

handling of his milk and cream to

sell it upon the same market with the

man who pays little or no attention as

to the ‘quality of his product. The

careless, shiftless so-called dairyman

should be forced out of the business.





 





 





His 'product is hurting the dairy in-

terests by dumping upon the market

an inferior product.



Every successful dairyman knows

that the hot summer months is a ted-

ious time for handling milk and cream

on the farm. It demands .extra time

and labor to keep it in the best com-

dition for the market; But it will pay.

There is a strong demand today for

good" butter in every market of this

country, and the supply is insufficient.

Let us, brother rdairymenh cooperate

in a country-wide campaign to raise

the Standard of our dairy products by

taking better care of the‘raw material

on our farms. We must begin at the

foundation to achieve this great end,

and that is at the farm.———Leo C. Rey-

nolds.





PASTUR‘E IS CHEAP FEED.





 





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F one hasen‘t sufficient pasture to



give a full feed all summer, it

would be a good plan to sow one field

this spring with a view of pasturing

it. Pasture is conceded by all to be

the cheapest food to be had, and es-

pecially is this true this year when

labor cannot be procured at any

price. ‘



If a mixture of oats, Canada field

peas, red clover, sweet clover and

dwarf essex rape is sown this spring,

the stock can be turned in when the

oats are six to eight inches high and

kept pastured down it will furnish a

good amount of feed all summer. If





you have trouble in getting the Can- . /





ada field peas you can leave them out

and still have pretty good pasture. '



This may possibly assure a full ra-

tion for the cows and will cost noth-

ing «for laborto harvest. It can be

put in after the regular crop of oats

is planted. It will be well to roll the

ground after planting to firm the seeds

bed. as much as possible. '



Where alarge pasture is available,

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HE writer has been so busy that



he has not had time to write a



stOry about the “Michigan Auto-

mobile Tours" 1923 trip to Washing~

ton, even in response to many letters

of inquiry 'from. Michigan ‘Farmer

readers. So many have asked to have

their cars registered for that tour,

that we have had to refuse many ap-

plications from city clubs and others

who wished to- go on the tour, but

wanted to keep by themselves in camp

and on the road.





There will be room for 210 cars, and

two-thirds that number are already

registered. Ohio State Grange has

twenty-five cars reserved and nearly

all are registered. Indiana has a

score of cars reserved. We have held

up a number of reservations for awhile

for those who are already members of

the tour association and have partici-

pated in one or more tours, but have

not yet registered their cars for the





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Hurton camp.





Any reader of this paper who wishes _ .





to apply and register his car for the

Washington tour should do so quickly

in order to make sure of getting in

befOre it is too late. ,



The picture 011 this page was one

we took last August during our drive





over the route to Washington ‘to lay '





out the tour and program.





 





WEANS PIGS AT AROUND TEN

WEEKS.





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~ '1‘ is impossible for us farmers to,





agree on the best. age to wean pigs.





Some, I know, do it at the very early

age of six weeks, and others even at

five. I have a neighbor who often per-

mits the pigs to stay with the mother

as long as three months.



I have found that about ten weeks

seems ‘to suit the most carefully ob-





 





Washington tour. If not called for

soon these reservations will be given

to others on the waiting list whohave





. applied for membership.





The tour to Washington starts Aug-

ust 5, with the gathering camp in the

Horton meadow at FruitRidge for the

third year in . succession. The inl-

mense camp will be a sight as a semi-V

military organization, with federal and

state police protection, and a big

crowd will be present on Sunday and

Monday to‘take part in the fine pro-

gram under the auspices of Lenawee

Pomona. and Fruit Ridge Granges.





A fine boulder and bronze. tablet

will be unveiled in the roadside near

the grange hall in honor of George B.

Horton. The writer planned for this

boulder and tablet and outlined the

program to the audience gathered

around Mr. Horton’s home last August

during thé camp assembly. Lenawee

Pomona will provide the immense

boulder; Fruit Ridge Grange will lay

the foundation, and the writes-will

provide—the bronze tablet; A picture

of Mr, Horton standing at the foot of

his big oak tree will be cast on_ the

tablet. .



Readers of the ‘Michigan Farmer

willbe pleased. to know that "the edi-

tors have worked with the writer in

the building up and handling of these

popular automobile tours; The paper

will be officially represented o11._thc

Washington tour. The expensive solid

bronze and enamel badge, Which we





,2 designed for the tourists last year, is

Z the permanent official badge of the





organisation, and was ' made possible





, through the generosity of the Michi-

j gan Farmer.

' tourists Who went on the to111‘s last

-August, and who have; registered tor





Several hundred of the





 





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BrOWn's “Touring Home" on the Road





.are the controlling factors.





to Washington.





serving farmers in this section. , That

is the time we figure on allowing. the

little fellows to stay with the dam.



When we have a sow that dries up

before this many weeks have elapsed,

we figure that she is not. the kind of

animal we want for breeding purpos—

es, and so send her to thé butcher.-

B.Wisema11.





SHALL I GROW HUBAM? -





 





(Continued from page 647).

is much larger, however, and for green

manuring would seem to be decidedly

superior to Hubam.

Lime may be a very important fac-

tor in~ the successful seeding of Hu-





' bam. The seed- bed should be as freeV

from weeds as possible as they often .





seem to be able to grow faster than

the Hubam and, though they may not

choke out'the Hubam, its growth must

be lessened, due to weeds taking so

much plant food and moisture; and if

out for hay, the quality is, of course,

lowered if weeds are present.



As previously stated, the results are





not Conclusive, and since some men.





are well pleased with the showing

made by the Hubam, it seems that we

may by further experiments and field

trials determine just what conditions

It seems

significant that many men who were

unsuccessful say that they want to try





it out again, believing that when they





find out how it should be handled it

will be a profitable crop to grow,

Since the majority of farmers co-





"operating with the college- have report-





ed their seedings a failure, the use of

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“vortising American beans. Much cred-





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_ ’ (Continued from page 652).

product heads the list of all vegetables

in the amount of energy which they

contain. Contrary to the general opin-

ion, beans are readily absorbed into

the system, and are ninety per, cent

digestible. The wonderful physique of

the Chinese is due largely to their

menu of rice and beans.

With these and other facts to work

upon, Mr. Klendenan was thoroughly

sold upon the possibilities in adver-

tising beans. The story should be

told honestly, simply and persistently.

The Bean Marketing Situation.

Benjamin Gerks, of New York, real-





,the two hundred jobbers present what

appeared to be, wrong with the pres-

ent bean market. One of the difficult-

ies has been the appearance of Rou-

manian beans in American trade chan-

nels. These beans are not uniform,

consisting of crops of different years

mixed together,- and, also, of crops

grown under widely different condi-

tions. The result is that they do not

cook evenly, and once the housewife

has tried them, she issues a decree

that no more beans will be served.

There were about 550,000 bushels of

these beans imported the past year.

It has further been observed that

the recent high prices has tempted





handling of the product. Beans which

should have been picked out were al.

lowed to go into trade channels as

choice. Occasionally old beans were

mixed with the last crop with the

same detrimental results. All in all,

the market has gotten into a bad way,

and the good beans of Michigan and

other states have suffered a heavy

marketing handicap. '



Mr. Gerks stated that he believed





to recover this lost market and to





merly been used, was to advertise the

cooking and health qualities of the

product.

ple of these qualities, he felt certain

that it would have a tendency to sta-

bilize the market and to avoid the

speculative features which have been

so apparent in recent years in this

trade



Mr. Gerks stated that if each jobber

would contribute one cent per bag to

an advertising fund that the amount

would be sufficient to undertake a rea-

sonable publicity campaign. It is pos-

sible for the American public to con-

sume our present production within a.

period of three months. If the people

could be prevailed upon to use a rea-

sonable portion of beans in their diet,

the present production could be doub-

led and the crOp marketed at a price

which would give both the producers





and the distributors a «reasonable

profit.

New YorkJobbers Initiate Present

Movement.





- The New York Shippers’ Associar

tion have voted to stand back of an

advertising campaign. This recent

movement has been inaugurated by

the New York people. Every jobber

in that .state is lending his support.

They- feel that Michigan had really





they wished to join in and cooperate

to the end that beans Will be placed

on a substantial marketing basis.



Following the program, the Michi-

gan bean .jobbers elected Christian

Breisch, of. Lansing, and, Frank Mer-

rick, of Saginaw, to represent the





be held in St. Louis on May 15-16.

Following this conference, it is prob-





another session of the Michigan Job-

h'b'ers'to act upon the proposition of ad-





. duo Secretary Dress 1111» the target;





 





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place beans where they had not for-





By telling the American peo- .





started the idea of advertising and-





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more pleasant and more profitable





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The farmer must pay less for what he

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BREIiIlI-IRS’ ' DIRECT“!

Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach at

Ten Days before date of publlcption





Andy Adams





LITCHFIXILD, MICHIGAN





Michigan’ 3 Leading Live





Stock Auctioneer ; .

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[lur Product Is The Best





Painstaking, modern and scientific

methods, coupled with the finest of

breeding animals makes possible but

.enviable accomplishment.



You, Mr. Breeder, would enjoy and

profit by a visit to this unique estab-

lishment of superlative breeding.





 





Your correspondence and inspection are invited'





WILDWOOD FARMS





ORION, MICHIGAN

W. E. SCRIPPS, Prop. SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.





 





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FOR Silt KiKO trials“





pen .of butter. Av in euros recently

show pounds of m in a year for Mic

co.ws You will notice that this cow. shows an increaose

of 400i. Thi isfiilk production combined withsh

asset as a future herds





BRAND RIVER 8100K FARMS

Gorey J. Spencer,





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\ Jackson, Mich.

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- accepts d in payment of finely bred reg

‘ 600d "BIG istered Holstein bull calves. goal“!

of the best. and ft Eprices within reach of all. rite

GEO.D DOLA Vassar. Mich





HEREFORDS





IO extra nice Repeater and Fairfax heif-





 





ilu—— “ers from 14 to 20 months old for sale,





also 10 cows.





ALLEN BROS.





616 50. West St., Kalamazoo, Mich.





HEREFORDS





Young Cows with calves by side consis-

ting blood from America's foremost

herds iat prices that enable them under

E II iir pe Hereford Beef Plan to pay

for themselves within a year to 18

months. Bulls including prize

winners at the larger shows at practi-

cal prices. Herd headed by Straight

Edge 1169796. one of twosons ofpe rfect-

ion Fairfax out of a daughter of the

Famous Disturber. T. F. B. Sotham 8:

Sons. (Herefords since 1839) St. Clair. Mich





F i d Dist rber

Meadow Brook Herefords 33.25.22,, “1., ““3...

breeding stock for sale. both sexes. any 1139.011“.

phone or write. Earl C. NIcCarty. Bad Axe. Huron 00.





Maple Hi“ Farm) one choice gilt bred for May

farrow left for sale Two pleasin yearlin heifers

for sale. George R. Wheeler Mt. Ieasant. ichlean





FOR SALE. BULLS

COWS and HIEFERS

Bronson, Mich.





BROOK WA TER JERSEYS

BULL CALVES FOR SALE

From Register of Merit dams and sired by Majesty' s

Intense 127191 and Brookwater Veda' s Kin g.l695l5

Write for Prices and discripcion. Herd isR on federal

accredited tuberculosis free list.





BROOKWAT ER FARM, Ann Arbor, Michigan

H .Mumford. Owner J. B. Andrews. Lessor.





 

 

 

 





Herefords and Polland Chinas





 





Registered Herefords

RALPH CALHOON





 





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«soundings... 1225‘?th 31' 331' 2.2 43.1504





 





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' Aberdeen Angus 10 heifers. 6 bulls

RegIStered from eight to fourteen months

Best of breeding. The growtln kind that makelgood.

Reasonable. Inquire of F. J. W.llber Clio. Mich.





Registered Guernseys





A fine Bull ready for light serxicc, special





terms if you wish J. M Williams. No. dams,

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GU E R NS EYS 6 333.31%.5353ng’iggi





f w Id champlnni Lows. Federal inspected.

oInc??? GUERNSEY FARM Saginaw w. s. Mich.





Guernsey bull calves. 2 and 12

For sale months old. from . R. Dam

and one on test. Best breeding. 5M. HOMPE.

R. R. .Grand Rapids Mich.



I Re istored Guernsey cows, May Rose Breed-

For I3: 111 Is?) Jbull calves 850 each. Registered A. R





d.ams JOHN EBELS R. 2 Holland Mich





WINNWUUD HERD





Registered Holsteins





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Ask us about a Real Bull 3

Maple Crest or an Ormsby.





JOHN H. WINN, Inc., Rochester, Mich.





‘ The Traverse Herd





We have what you want in BULL CALVES. the large.

line worthy-type. suaranteed right in every way.

They are from high producing A. 3.0. ancestors

.Dam's records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and

quotations. stating about age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL





Trave ac City, Mich.





BEADVéS-ERVIGE





No. l 30 lb. Grandson Kin 11g of the

' Pontiacs’ one year 01 §- white,

second dam 29. 9 lbs.





Grandson of 37th 'One of the

strongest Ormsby bred bulls,

dam 28 lbs. as Junior 4 year old.





Federal Tested

ROMEO, IIICII





 





 





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. Sand for Pedigree





JIIIES B. JONES FIIIMS ‘





i ‘ Friesian heifer and bull calves. purebred

xiiflisielflre gistered and high-'3 ade. Price :20 up.

flplendid individuals and breeding. Write us your re-





 





 





r. qnheme Browncrctt Farms. McGraw. N. Y

BUTTER 7 d ys not made b a sister of

”~45 lbs- Btonyhnrst his pljeo Lady." 1M0!!-





. . apf§is ill-gal. ..to4yrs old for sale. gedeélitefim.





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CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARMA.L





Bilver Creek. Michigan.





 





Allegan County.

F O R S A L E. Jersey bulls ready

to 1' service.

cows Register of Merit. Accredited her

MITH AND PARKER. R. 4. Howell Mich.





 





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Registered Jersey“, ”3 $5,333,“: $3.35

J. L. CARTER. BleLake Odessa. Mich.





 





30 Head of Jersey cows and heifers for sale. Chance

to select from herd of 70. Some fresh. others bred

forfall freshening. Colon C. Lillie. Ooopersville. Mich





SII IIII Bidwell Revolution Jr. heads herd.

0 “ms S1re. Revolution Dam. Maxwalton Rose-

wood 3d. 2d Dam, Imp. Rosewood 86th. Now offering

one good roan two year old bull out of a Marr Mari-

gold dam. also a few cows and heifers safe in calf.

Prompt attention to cor respondencehvisitors welcome.

State Accredited herd. ne hr. from Toledo. 0. N. Y. C. By.

BIDWELL ST 00K FA M, Tecumseh. Mich” Box D





Richland Shorihorns





Special offer; Twelve Bulls from twelve to treaty

four months old- Red. White, Roan. Good size. best

of breeding-from good milking dams. Priced for

quick sale Write for particulars.





0. II. Present”: Sons,





Office at Iowa: City, Mich. Hard at Prescott, Mich





Francisco Farm Shorthorns





and Big TypeT Poland Ohinas. One 2 yr. old bred

Heifer 5200 Two choice yearlings. 8150. each. Three

bulls 8100.11p. 3 boars.825 each. Lots of spring pigs

of March furrow, P.Pope. Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





 





 





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Shorthorns priced reasonabl An ac-

Milking credited herd selected for "beef and

milk. Bel and and Beland. Tecumseh. Michigan





 





PUBLIC AUCTION Maniac Bhorthorn





tl,e Berkshire Iowa.

SIIVION u. MAICHELE Middleville, Mich





 





 





 





RED POLL Cgpttlev Bulls, COWS .nd

E. s CARR. Homer. M10 er" Y°""hlr° pica

HOGS

Woodlawn Farm D“'°° Hons meet





present day to aire-

ments. length. size and quality. Young stoc for

sale at reasonable airlessBA and Rfiilgfiuarantwd. Write

your wants. Al ma, Mich.





I AM OFFERING BRED'SOWS





fall yearling and spring gilts. bred for March and

April‘farrow. that are tops Matted to.0 0.1K.Col.

2nd and Orion Giant Col. W1§te or price list. -



LOR, Milan. Mich.





 





 





DUROC Fall Rogers Ready for service sired by

Pathfind Orion. each, re is-

tered and crated. one sow bred for June furrow at

RUSH 31108.. Romeo. Mich.





 





Duroc Jerseys 12222.82; as? 1......

_' CAREY U. EDMON N,D Haitian, Mich





 





Duroc—Jeraenys 3.35"“, Pglhflnd" ”Gig;

ILHeydenberk. Wayland.Micoh.





 





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THE MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EX-

' CHANGE HAS BIG YEAR.-

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FQR several years ‘ the ' live stock

farmers and. feeders of , Michigan

have been desirous of marketing their

live stock at the terminal markets,

through their own selling agency.

This sentiment became so pronounc-





V ed that on May 1, 1922, The Michigan





Live Stock Exchange, at state organi«'

zation composed of, live stock'sbip—

ping‘ associations, opened alive stock

commission house on the Detroit live

stock market.



The operations for the first year are

very gratifying, they having handled

4,129 carloads of live stock out of

12,616, the total receipts at the mar-

ket, or 30.5 per cent of the total vol-

ume of business. .



The business also showed a net

profit of $17,500, which amounts to

about twenty-five per cent of commis-

sions paid. At a meeting of “the ex-

ecutive committee of The Michigan





Live Stock Exchange held in Lansing,

Friday, April 27, it was voted to re-

fund to member patrons ten per cent

of all commissions paid, which will

amount to approximately $7,000, or

forty per cent of net profits.



This refund will be made during the

month of May, and any cooperative

shipping association who has been

patronizing the cooperative commie-

sion house the past year, who are not

members of the Michigan Live Stock

Exchange, by taking out a member-

ship at once will be entitled to their

shaxe of the patronage refund.



The success of this Detroit house is

right in line with cooperative live

stock selling agencies on other large

markets, as last year St. Paul made a

profit of $86, 000; Sioux City, $40, 000;

Omaha, $85, 000; St. Joseph, $86, 000.





SHEEP AFTER CLOVER SEEDING.





 





IN reading Wing’s “Meadows, and



Pastures,” several years ago I was

struck by '2. novel method lie used to

insure a goodsth of clover or grass-7

es, especially where; the seed was not

well covered or was sown on loose

soil He suggested turning a flock or;

sheep into the newly seeded field; the

light tramping of their. small feet

would both tamp the tiny'seeds into

the soil and firm the soil about the ‘





This idea 'so appealed to me at the“

time that I only waited fthe OppOrtud‘

nity to try it out: and econ” found the

opportunity in a dry spring that fol-

lowed. , ,

We seeded two





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oats and clover seed broadcaster! to-

gether, and then borrowed in well.

The season being late there were a.

good many weeds which had started

that could not be entirely eradicated

by the diSks, and these began to show

up a few days after seeding. We put

about fifty head of ewes and lambs

into one thirty-'five-acre field immedi-

ately. They combed this field» pretty

thoroughly, picking the weeds in eve-

ry part; they seemed to tramp every

foot of it, though being light, they did

not pack the soil hard.



We took them out of the field when

the cats got about two inches high.

We had a splendid stand of clover in

this field when. the oats were but 01!,

while in the field where we had no

sheep there was just about half a

stand. .It continued good all through

the dry weather that followed; while

the other suffered somewhat and had

to be broken up the following spring





 





_ This Kind of Stock Makes a Good Foundation for; a Herd.





because of an insufficient stand". The

chief mistake we made in handling

the successful field was that we did

not leave the sheep on it quite long





enough. I believe if they had been

left; on the field another week or ten

days longer they would have cleaned

out every weed, but} it was our first-

experience of the sort and‘were afraid

they might injure the cats. I believe

this. plan to be an excellent one when

there is very [little- rainfall~after seed-

ing, as the patter of the sheep’s small

feet will do all that Mr. Wing claimed

in the way of establishing a better

crop of clover.—J. L. Justice.





 





SOLD ON PASTUFIIN‘G HOGS.





 





THE farmer who has not practiced ,





pasturing his hogs does not real-

ize the amount he can save by substi-

tuting pasture for dry feeds. ..





The hog raiser should, ere this, have,





planned for a pasture lot for the hogs.





.M'any crops are relished by them. Red





clover, alfalfa, alsike, white clover,

blue grass, rye, oats, soy-beans, rape,

and timothy are all good, some seem-

ingly a little better than others. ‘

We usually like to? have scone leg-

ume, generally red clover or alfalfa.

to turn the porkérs into. The hogs

We always plan to

have an abundance of growth so that

the animals will not~have to graze the





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LMOST every sheep has stomach

. wbrmls. and should be treated be:

fore being turned out to pasture. .Fol-

lowing is the copper. sulphate tseat-

ment, described by Paul Gerlaugh, an-

imal husbandry extension man at the

Ohio State University:





In aniearthen crop', never a metal





 





' bucket or pan, dissolve two ounces of





freshly ”pulverized copper sulphate in





7 a gallon of water.





Dosage is acCording to age and size.

Two-months—old lambs get three-quar-

ters .of a fluid ounce; mature ewes,





, .two fluid ounces; very heavy ewes or

lambs, two and one-half or three fluid





ounces.



In drenching, do not tug the ani-

mal’s mouth up out of the horizontal,

natural position. A rubber tube and a

funnel, or a regular dosage syringe

may be used.



It is wel lto feed light in the even-





, ing, not to feed the next morning, to





drench in the early forenoon, and to

withhold feed for at least two hours

after drenching.-





 





ROTTED MANURE.





OTTED manure is apt to be a sub-

stance of rather uncertain com-

positior‘fg so far as fertility elements

are concerned. Theoretically, rotted

manure should be more valuable,

pound for pound, for plant uses than

fresh manure in that the plant food it

contains is mo " available for assim-

ilation. It sh contain, as a rule,

a larger percentage of fertility ele-

ments than waste which is newly pro-

duced. Both of these statements, how-

ever, are apt to be misleading in that

enither of them takes any account of

the losses involved in the rotting of

the manure in question. 'The gain, so

far as fertility elements is concerned,

is apt to be more apparent than real.

The conditions prevailing during the

rotting process have much to do with

the real value of: the resulting product.

If the decomposition has gone on in

the open where the waste has been

freely exposed both to sun and rain,

no man can say—short of actual an-

alysis——how much plant food remains

after leaching and bacterial fermen-

tation have demanded their toll. It

may be fairly considerable or it may

be little enough! If, on the other

hand, the manure has been stored in

a pit of 'tight construction and has

remained there long enough for disin—

tegration to take place the loss will

be limited in all probability to the es-.

cape of a portion of the nitrogen in

the form of ammonia, due to bacterial

action or heating. However, manure

rarely stays in a pit long enough to

undergo decomposition as it does in

a neglected file or underground.



The physical results which accrue

from rotting are likely to be more uni-

form than are those that are purely

chemical. The manure becomes of

similar character throughout. The

coarse litter is disintegrated and more

intimate mixing with the soil is pos~

sible when the waste is applied. And

furthermore, there is less actual mate-

rial to'be“’hand1ed because, in the

process of rotting, manure naturally

losesweight. However, the best place

for manure to rot is underground. ‘ In

this case nothing can be lost. Mother

Earth takes care of all the products

of decay and transforms, them

plant; food best of all in her own

matchless laboratory—Orin Crooker.





Surfeit Buried—I", have a horse cov-





' ered with pimples,'but he is not sick-





I havenotcied few WDrms in the dung

he» passes. R. 'S’.,~Tawas City, Mich.—

Of bicarbonate of soda,

to of? iron. ‘floWers of;

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Advice through. this column is given free to our subscrib-





cn. Letters should state fully the history and symptoms of





each case and give. name and address of the writer. Initials

only are published. When a reply by mail is requested the

csrvlcc becomes private practice and 81 must be enclosed.





 





-Chro.nic Cough—We ‘have a ‘ cow

that has been troubled with cough for

a few months, besides she has occa-

sionally given stringy milk. and is not

thrifty. -, Mrs. B. L., Monroe, Mich.—

Have your veterinarian apply the tu—

berculin test. Her symptoms are susj

picious.‘ Don’t use her milk until she

has been tested.





Loss of Appetite—Vaginitis.——Have

a horse that quit eating some two

months ago. Now he is thin, formerly

robust and strong. Cow came fresh

last October; since then she had had

bloody vaginal discharge, and fails to

come in heat. C. H. F.,. Marion, Mich.

Offer him some clover and roots, give

sixty drops. of fluid extract of nux

vomica, three drams of Fowler’s solu-

tion at a dose in feed or in drinking

water three times a day. Flush cow

with one part lysol and fifty parts of

tepid water daily.



Contagious Abortion—I think we

have contagious abortion infection in

our herd. C. L., Flat Rock, Mich.—

Segregate aborters, bur dead calf

and afterbirth, clean an disinfect sta-

ble. Ask your veterinarian to admin-

ister auto-abortion bacterin (Bouvine).





Abortion.,——-I have a cow, that lost

her calf. I have sold tWo other cows

on account of the same thing. Now

tell me what to do. W. H., Farming—

ton, Mich.——Don’t dispose of abOrters,

but keep them, and breed the cow

again. Read the advice given to other

subscribers on this subject. .





Obstructed Teat—My cow has small

bunch in lower part of teta which ob-

structs milk flow. Mrs. W. N., Skanee,

Mich—If you owned a teat reamer

you could perhaps remove this teat

polypus through teat canal.



Blind-quarter.—I have cow. that lost

one-quarter of .uddner by neglect when

the bag was caked; if bred again,

shall I look for her milking all right

fom this qarter again? A. D., Edmore,

Mich—No, her blind quarter will re-

main blocked.



Crippled Pigs.—We have six pigs

aural neeq adieu Kern :plo sqiuom .mo;

in hind parts for some time; they

seem to cross legs while walking;

back is arched, have not fed much

corn. Some of them can hardly get

up. H. F. A., Bad 9xe, Mich—Let

them have access to ground limestone

and ground rock phosphate, also salt

them three times a week.





. Nodular Disease.—Lately I have lost

some sheep; cut one 'open and found

a lot of hard bunches on the bowels.

Whatever it is that ails them, it seems

to attack the sheep in the spring. H.

F. M., Vicksburg, Mich—This parasitic

bowel'ailment is incurable, but if you

supply your sheep with plenty of nour-

ishing food few of them will die.



Brain Trouble—«I have a ewe which

has periodical sick spells; occasionally

she seems to be almost blind, but re

covers; has had second attack. W. G.

S., Prescott, Mich—Her bowels should

be kept open; feed less grain, more

roots and clover. Give her half dram

of bromide of lithium at a dose three

times a day.





\ Navicular Disease.——Have horse that

is sore and lame in front feet, caused,

I, believe, from cofiin joint ' trouble.

Would it be policy for me to blister

his coronet? O. R. 8., Marshall, Mich.

eApply equal parts of turpentine,

aqua ammonia, and raw linseed oil to

coronet every evening.





Mange.—I have a dog eight years

old which is troubled with mange; he

has bad odor. If treated he seems to

improve, but if left alone goes back

to old notch. Have given him sulphur

and Fowler’s solution. What shall I

apply? ——-J. H./L., Honor, Mich—Ap-

ply one part lysol and fifty parts wa-

ter twice a day; continue giving sul-

phur and Fowler’s solution. .





Chronic indigestion—For the past





. three years my eight—year—oid horse





has had periodical sic spells Which

seldom have lasted more than three

days. We have a good veterinary, he

treated him for calculi or sand in the

stomach or bowels. but this medica-

tion had. only temporary effect. When

an attack comes on he points to‘ his

side, is down ' and up, but is not in

agony. “His kidneys and bowels act-

iine. R. E. 1%,, Orion, Mich—Careful





   





   





 

 





LOEB' FARMS,





 





fl great senior herd sire.





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One in calf to a 33 lb. bull.

Four heifers not bred yet.





Auctioneer, Andy Adams





BELGIAN S A





A At Auction .

CHARLEVOIX, MICH.

Thursday, May 24





Beginning 9:30 A. M, Rain or Shine





"HOLSTEINS ‘





19 PURE-BRED HOLSTEIN FEMALES

Three in calf to Sir Pietertjc Ormsby Mercedes 40th, our





Four in calf to Charlevoix Marbury, the first prize winner in

his class at the National Dairy Show in 1920.

Marbury carries 75% the same breeding as Kolrain Marion

F inderne, our world’s record cow.





Two in calf to Sir Ormsby Karen, our great line-bred Ormsby





Five in calf to Sir‘ Charlcvoix Ormsby Finderne, the only

living offspring of his famous dam, Kolrain Marion Finderne_





DUROC.-JERSEY HOGS





l7 bred sows, and 3 good, young serviceable boars.

these sow are bred to Topmast Sensation for late summer

and early fall farrow. Nine of these sows are bred for late May

and early June farrow. Two of these sows will farrow before sale.





BELGIAN





One pure-bred stallion a little over 2 years old,- son of Russel.

Two grade mares and two grade geldings.





The terms of the sale are cash, but notes will be taken on good reference.





LOEB FARMS, Charlevoix, Mich.





Ring men P. P. Pope and W E. Byers





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UROC BOARS: -Do on want. a good growthy heavy

D boned fall boar to end your herd. One with size.

ty pa and quality. if so write us as we have them. Sired by out-

standing herd boars. F. J. Drodtd Monroe. Mich. R.F.D.No.





UROOS Fall boars and gilts or uality; prices low.

D Booking orders Mar. pigs, Ma el..$lo. reg. Satia.

faction or money back. B. E. KI S, Hillsdale. Mich.





° ' Earl maturing,'prolific, heavy

Ben am'n’s weigyht, prize winner kind from

BI TYPE bloodlines of . Champions and

Grand Champions, now making





big money for thousands.

have started more breedernfon

. . road to success than an livmg





man. Letmehelp on. asym

WHITEDS start.Costslittle. ,8.B.n|amin

_ _ ,, LED. 10. Portland. Mich.

Chester Whites fizldhidffdiiwohtfit





Two real; Bi '1‘ e boars of the breed.

a g FyllJED L. BODIMER. Reese. Mich





 





 





F Sal 0.1.0. and Chester White Swlno.Scpt. so'ws

or e bred for July farrowing. early March pigs

sired hya son of “The Monster." Satisfaction guar

anteed. Papers free. Bruce W. Brown, Mayvrlle.Mich





 





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Chester Whites gflghfigllrgsfiah Pigs either Sex.





0. W. PORRETT

WATCH our ad for fall





”HES-[ER WHITES bred sows and silt!!-





WEBEB 880$. 10 Mile Rd. West Royal Dali, men.

0. I. C’s and Chester Whites





Gilts sired by Mich. State Fair Gr. Champion

1921. and bred for March and April farrow to

Mich. State Fair Jr. Champion 1922. the common





sense type and price.

ANDY ADAMS, Litchfield, Mich.





SOWS bred August fnrrow.

21 Reg‘ O‘l'c‘ 2 yearling Boats. 2 Boar

Pigs. 10 weeks old. All stock shipped on approval.

FRED W. KENNEDY lymonth, B. No. 2





 





 





 





 





O I Q .20 Int 9 growthy gilts {arrow in Mar

‘ ‘ ' also in lboar 3"}53'

CLOVER LEAF STOCK ARM, Monroe, Mich.





 





o I C, March boars. breed gllts. Jul and Ann.

0 D 3 its. ’ Young Brown Swiss Bul s. Milo E.

Peterson. lmhurst Farm. 3-: Ionla. Mich.





 





’ fall be and nu sired by Grand Chum -

0°l‘c' ion Boga?“ WFMlch. State Fair. We shfp

0.0.1). ten. free. Geo. M. Walton a Son. Alto. Mich.





 





O. 1. C9“. Orders booked for late tori-owed





rln i at. 810 to 812. each. Regis-

tcl'cd free. 0. 3PTHE$A¥SOI£ Rockford, Mich;





 





. . l ht 300; d e to t



9.- ififi "dilly? 3% mums: “trill;it

’ www.mewesoo.

on? phone. 0. n. Schulzc a Sons. Nashville. ul’é’h.





ate. a llludflhils swiua. marinas





mflv. Wfivfluah for less onoy.





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Lenox, Mich. '





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RADIO GIANT





Represents the worlds lar ~ '

‘ . gest st

glhma Hols._Boars. Sows, Pigs at. bargrgili:1 pgfceg‘ggag

ich. pioneer herd. We have bred them'blz 191'”

years. 0 can furnish what you want ‘ ’

JNO. O. BUTLER. Portland, Mich.





Q

is Type P. 0. some very choice ha I

I mane. out 11001b. sire and mammozhs £321,123:

own a greatest herds. E.J.Mathewson.Burr Oak.Mlch





L.T.P.C.T=





Choice Gilts 825 to $40. Boar's $30. F ll 5.

HART AND CLINE. Address F. '1‘?Hflitg'1§‘gt.

Louis. Mich. .





hrgef ”Types P. IC. Largest in Mich.

ew a pigs or an e. Sired b "Th W ' "

a grandson of “The Rainbow andyBig ng" gilzegl‘rlggb-

95’.‘ yearling boar 1 ever owned has also combined

With quality. Come and see the real kind.



W. E. LIVINGSTON. Farina. Mich





Large Type P. C.





The Real Kind. A few of those big smooth at t, h

bred gilts for sale. Bred to M 1 , . re a y,

fan-ow. Priced right. I ““hv April and May





N. F. BORNOR, Par-ma, Mich.





Large Type Poland films





For sale Fall Bears, Gilts bred ’ .

ed by two Grand Champion bung, open. Herd head





A. A. F ELDKAMP, Manchester, Mich.





READY .tor service. S '

BOARS weaning time and gilts gféxdgtobfngf:

ion Again) for Sept. furrow. They are priced to so ‘





and shipped on approval. Dorus Hover. Akron, Mica.





Big Type P I 7

Lone Maple Fm Nothing for Sign; 32:22:.

E. B. DAVIS & SON. Balding. Mich

' §.C..atew h‘ ' “

Large 31rd"! April furrow? fziecggl‘igl: {dig-ft £519!" ’

um nor price. H. 0. SWARTZ. Sohoolcraft, Mlch

P Choice gilts erred by a son World Champion Bic‘





. - Bob on 1075 Peter Pan Bred “I.

mathalSO fall pigs. G.E.Garnant. Eats: figfidligdloh,





T.P.C.Two fall boars left. am ‘

L‘. forSpring Pigs delivered in Maxylgvtv 3333:3313 *

Write for price and plan of selling. They have made

good and Will again. M.M. Patrick. Gd.Ledge Mich.





Walnut Alley Big T pc P.O. Gilts all sold Thank-

to my customers or their 1: .

and all that inquired. A. D. mega??? £51333





- o ring boars d M d m,

Haml’s'm'es‘g sows to selegtn frame. 3'. your





order now or on may be too late. 10th c .

JOHNVW. snrnnn. R. 4. s». 013., Mich.’





HORSES .





“ligateron and Belgian Stallion“





and quality. including first prize.

If your locality is in need of a good dun

write me for my bmedlnc plan. with!) will

you. Fred G. 8mm. Breckenridn.gm

For Sale dim“? Plflfifitw '





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" - ' GRAIN QUOTATIONS





Tuesday, May 8.

Wheat.

Detroit.—No. 2 red $1.33; No. 2 mix:





' ,cd $1.33; No. 2 white $1.33.





Chicago.——No. 2 red $12754; No. 2

-hard $1.19%@1.20; May $1.17%;.

, Toledo..——Cash $1.33@1.34.

, Corn.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 yellow 87%c;

Chicago—No. 2 mixed 801/2@810;

N0. 2 yellow 81%0.

Toledo.'-—87@89c.

Oats.

Detroit.——Cash No. 2 white at 51c;

No.. 3, 491/20. /

Chicago—No. 2 white at 46@46%c;

No. 3 white 45((124634c.

Beans.





Detroit.———Immediate

. shipment $6.75.





Rye.

Detroit-Cash 81%0.

Chicago.—78c.

Toledo.——78‘l/2c.

Seeds.

Detroit—Prime red clover cash at

' $11.50; alsike $10.25; timothy $3.30.

Toledo.——Prime red clover cash at

$11.45; alsike $10.50; timothy cash at





$3 35

Barley.

Detroit.—Malting 75c;

Chicago.—63@70c.

Hay.

Detroit.—No. 1 timothy $17.50@18;

standard $16.50@17; light mixed at

~$16.50@17; No. 2 timothy at $15.50@

16.50; No. 1 clover $13@14; rye straw

,$11.50@12;'wheat and oat straw at

$11.50@12 per ton in carlots.

Feeds.

. Bran $38; standard middlings $38;

'fine do at $38.50; cracked corn $39.50;

coarse cornmeal $38; chop $34 a ton

in loo-pound sacks.





WHEAT





The rise in the wheat market re-

ceived a decided check last week and

a large fraction of recent gains was

obliterated. Unexpectedly heavy de-

liveries of wheat on May contracts at

markets in this country and Canada,

more favorable new crop prospects, a

decided lull in what promised to be a

rather large export buying movement,

and pronounced weakness in other

speculative markets made up the ar-

ray of bearish forces. Daily reports

on crop conditions in the winter wheat

belt are more favorable. Unofficial es-I

timates upon the abandoned acreage

run about 40 per cent above the aver-

age, with the condition of the remain-

ing area averaging about 79', on May

1, which is considerably less than





usual.

RYE





Corn prices on the Chicago market

are higher than rye at the present

time. Such a relationship is rare and

reflects the disappearance of the corn

surplus on the one hand and the ex-

treme discount of rye below wheat on

the other. The visible supply of rye

at terminals is nearly as large as that

of corn, with a much smaller demand.

Rye prices probably are adjusted to

this unfavorable position, however, and

are «not likely to work lower until the



' new crop comes on the market.





CORN





Although corn prices declined with

wheat, the cash demand for the yellow

cereal is strong. Primary receipts are

of only average size while industries,

feeders, domestic distributors and ex-

porters are absorbing cash corn at

an unusual rate. Stocks at Chicago,

where most of the visible supply is

located, are expected to diminish rap-

idly with the opening of lake naviga-





tion.

OATS





The oats market shows less

strength than corn. Demand is less

broad and the new crop is much closer

at hand, with a supply at terminals



‘ which will outlastthe old crop year.

receipts are not

enough to supply current demand and

--the visible supply has declined over

‘30 per cent since January 1.





SEEDS” -





and prompt





feeding 7 20.





. g» :f'rhe seed market remained easy las

“week. Spring demand Is practically





bar. Quotations upon both red clover

,a , *timothy for delivery from the new





“three are higher than on old crop seed





Tthatgthe market is unlikely tol'Wealr-





materially , duties the ‘





 





 





   





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, , bulk. of. beef





 





.months unless new crop conditions are

unusually favorable. ' ‘ '





DS





Bran and middlings have advanced

in the last two weeks to the highest

point of the season. Demand for





prompt shipment is fairly active while -





mills have only limited unsold stocks

although production is heavier than

usual at this season. Prices for June

and July shipment when the new

wheat crop will be available are at dis-

counts of $3 to $7. Oil meals have de-

clined as offerings are rather heavy,

demand is light, with export buying

negligible. The advance in corn and

oats during the spring has been of

material help to feed prices.





HAY





High-grade timothy hay remains firm

at most markets as a result of light

receipts. Demand is 'only\ moderate





,but country shipments are diminish-





ing. Low-grade timothy and clover

and clover mixtures remain dull at

most markets.





POULTRY AND EGGS





The course of egg prices in. the next

few weeks will be influenced by the

report on storage holdings on May 1.

RcCeipts at.the four leading markets

during April and storage holdings at

those points on May 1 were the small-

est with one exception, in five years.

Total holdings in the United States

are believed to be considerably small-

er than last year, but if the report on

total holdings shows a “shortage” of

less than 1,000,000 cases, the market

may weaken, as storage buyers, who

are now an important factor in the

market, will proceed with more cau-

tion. That part of the delayed produc-

tion in April may be made up during

May, is indicated by reports of the ex-

tremely heavy collections in the last

few days and receipts at the leading

cities show a further increase, though

they usually begin to decline by this

time.





Chicago—Eggs, miscellaneous 25@

25%c; dirties at 2235c; checks 22@

22%,c; fresh firsts 23‘1,é@261/2,c; ordi-

nary firsts 231/2(a‘i24c. Live poultry,

hens 24c; broilers 48@500; springers





800;.rtmsters 13c; turkeys 25c. ’



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candied and

graded at 25%@26%c.’ fLive poultry,

broilers 60@63c; heavy hefns'28@290;

roosters 17c; geese. 17c;" ducks 28@

300 per pound. » ‘ '





BUTTER j





Butter prices advanced slightly last

week. Receipts at the" leading cities

declined slightly and buyers had per-_

mitted their stocks to become unduly

small, necessitating replacement. Pro-

duction reports show that the make is,

increasing steadily and the flush pe—

riod will be here in two or three

weeks so that there is no confidence

that values will hold. Buyers are only

taking enough to supply their needs

from day to day. Receipts of butter

at the four markets during April were

slightly smaller than in March, but

were the largest on record for the

month. Consumption likewise was at

a record level. ,



Prices were as follows: Chicago 92--

score creamery 411,430; New York 430.

In Detroit fresh creamery in tubs sells

for 41@42c. . .





POTATOES





Shipments of old potatoes from pro-

ducing sections have declined around

40 per cent in the last two weeks, but

the movement of new potatoes is in-

creasing rapidly and the totalsupply

is considerably above the average for

this time of year. Prices declined

again last week, with northern sacked

round whites quoted at $1@1.10 per

100 pounds in.Chicago, and $1.25@1.75





elsewhere. , .

APPLES





Barreled apple prices advanced last

week, with New York A~2%, Baldwins

the year’s high point at $6637.50 per

barrel in consuming markets. Storage.

holdings of apples are large, especial—

ly near‘ the eastern consuming centers.

Total carlot shipments for the season

are already about 22 per cent greater

tlian in the entire season last year and ,

practically equal to the total for the

1920-1921 season. New York and

Washington are now furnishing about

85 per cent of the supply. Exports

have been heavy during the season





 





I Live Stock Market Service I





 





Wednesday, May 9. '





DETROIT

Cattle.

Receipts 510. Market strong.

Best steers . . . . ..... . . . .$ 7.50@ 8.50

Handyweight butchers . . 8.006;), 8.50

Mixed steers and heifers 7 .00@ 7.75

Handy light butchers . . . . 6.25@ 7.00

Light butchers . . . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 5.50

Best cows 5.50@ 6.25





Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . . 4.75@ 5.00

Common cows . . . . . . . . 3.25@ 3.50

Canners 2.50@ 3.00

Choice bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.50@ 6.00

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 4.00@ 5.75

Stock bulls . . . . . . . . ..... 4.00m) 5.00

Feeders 6.75@ 7.50

StOCkerS one-noose- IICCIOO I o75@ 6075

Milkers and springers. . . . 40.00@80.00





Veal Calves.

Receipts 640. Market strong.

Best .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.50@11.00

Others ....... 5.00@ 9.50

_ Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 800. Good lambs 25c high-





er; sheep slow. ~

O C 0.. O C D O .312075@13a25





Best lambs . . . .

Fair lambs . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.00@12.00





Light to common. . . . . . . . 6.00@ 8.75

Fair to good sheep. . . . 6.50@ 7.50

Culls and common . . . . . .. 1.50@ 3.00





Hogs.

Receipts 3,800. Market is 10@15C‘

lower. ~

Mixed hogs,noooouocoooo-$ 7.85@ 7~90

Pigs llllllll CIOOOOOCO... 7.15





CHICAGO





Hons.



Receipts 27,000. Market steady to

100 lower. Roughs $7.80; hogs 160-

210-lb average $7.75@7.80;,225~325~1b

butchers $7.30@7.70; packing sows at

.$6.15@6.40;, bulk of desirable 110—130-.

lb pigs $6.25@6.50. ~ ’ ~ '





o





. Catt“. A ‘I I. h ‘ V“ .

Receipts 9,000. , Beef steers 8nd,.





butcher she stock strong‘to‘s: 156$?h—

er.‘ Ileana-spot onbeefheiters, 4 y

top steers $10.35; best yearling-(33:10.;



‘ ' steers hummus.”-





       





 





.$6@‘6.50;





 





@9.85; other classes steady.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 10,000. Market active. Fat

lambs strong to 250 higher; sheep are

steady. Best wool lambs $16.65; best

clipped lambs $13.75; bulk of clipped

lambs $13.50@13.75; good and choice





ewes $7.

BUFFALO

Cattle.



Receipts two cars. The market is

steady. Choice shipping steers 1,400

lbs and up $8.50@9.50; butcher grades

at $7@8.25; good to choice shipping

steers $8.25@8.50; heavy, fat, medium

quality $8@8.25’; medium to good at

$775@8; light native ‘yearlings fancy

quality $9@950; medium to good $8.50

@8.75; best handy steers at $7.75@8;

plain at $725@7.50; handy steers and

heifers $750@8; western heifers $8@

8.25; light butchering heifers .$8@8.25:





light Michigan butcheringpheifers at ‘-'





$775@8; best fat cows at $2.25@6.75;

medium to good $5@5.50; grassers at

$3.75@4.25; cutters $3.75@4; canners

good weight at IZ.25@2.50; light fat

bulls $6.50@7; best heavy bulls $5.25

@550; heavy bologna bulls $4.50@5;

common bulls $3.50; best feeders 700

to 800 lbs $7@7.75; medium feeders

$6.25@6.50; stockers, good $6@_6.50;

light common $5@5.50; best milker‘s.

and springers $60@80; common and

medium $37.50@45. ‘





. Calves.—,—Market active and steady." r

Cull and choice $3@10.50.





. Hogs.



Receipts 30 cars. .Market is lower.

Heavyj $8.25 @ 8.40; , yorkers ‘ and mixed

$8.50@8’.60; light yorkers $8.50@-9.25;

pigs $8.50: mixed $8.50@&60;gr0ughs

stags $4,635. ,





r





‘She‘ep andLambs





Récfiiptfi five Gal‘s-r Mark'ét' strong. ,

Ten lambs . $13.50,:5vcullwto choicaim .

, 34330: yearuglggogggfilngfmeg.n@

stew. 3 -- 0 mm.

~$7.50@’13.25g 2...”.





 

 





 





 





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but have dwindledpto sullen volume at ,





present. . , ..

. - , WOOL . _

The ‘Western wool clip 'is rapidly





changing ownership, althOugh less..ex~ ,

citement is apparent than in previous -





years of high prices. :The range of

values runs from 45 to 55 Cents, de-

pending upon quality, staple and

shrinkage. But little wool has been

sold in the middlewest with the excep-

tion of the clips of lamb feeders. A

Michigan sale of medium wools at 51

centshas been reported. It is prob-





,able that wool prices, will not work





much’higher in the next few jmonths

as mills will have filled their require-

ments by. the purchase of a new clip

and the rate of consumption is likely





to sag in the next twelve or eighteen





months. World production of wools is.

not keeping pace with consumption,

however, even over a series of years

so that eventual scarcity is certain.





Drought in Australia appears likely to





reduce the next clip.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





, Of the real farm products, apples and

veal were‘in the most active demand

in this farmers’ market. Radishes,

leaf lettuce and pansies were alsosell—

ing well. Onions were draggy and so

were beets, carrots and hogs. The

supply of produce is not very great at

this time of the year. Apples are

bringing $1@3.25; cabbage sells-moder-

ately f0r 75c@$1.75 per bu; carrots

bring‘50@900; eggs sell for 28@350;

horseradish $1.25@-4 per bu; dry on-





, ions $1.25@1.50; potatoes at 500@$1;





live poultry 29@35c; radishes 25@60c

per bunch; veal 15@16c.





GRAND RAPIDS





The approach of wheat harvest is

reflected in the Grand Rapids market

by bids at the mills gradually working

lower. Prices early this week were

$1.16@1.18 per bushel as compared a

month ago with $1.24 The market on

white beans continues dull t‘withm ru-

mers circulating that the bean jobbers

would like to keep the price of seed

beans low this spring to encourage a

larger acreage planted Old potatoes

are draggy at 50c‘per bushel. Michi-

gan spinach and asparagus are in

moderate supply with the grass sell-

ing well at $2 a dozen bunches, and

=spinach at $2 a bushel. The sugar

boycott and heavier ofierings weaken-

ed the rhubarb market and prices fell

from $3 a bushel to $2. The leaf let—

tuce market was stronger at 100 per

pound and hot-house radishes were

firm at 900@$1 per dozen bunches.

Cold. nights have retarded the outdoor

crop. In live stock, hogs continue

weak at 10c per pound, dressed, but

cattle are 500 per cwt, higher, with

prime steers and heifers bringing 5@

7c a pound, live weight. Eggs were

steady to firm at 22@23c per dozen.





 





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CROP REPORTS.





 





Shiawassee County, May 4,—Sprign

work is fairly in good shape, but noth-

ing has made growth to speak of, .. on

account of the last spring. .No pas-

tures yet, but winter grains are com-

ing good. Farmers are buying very

little seed or tools. There is very :lit-

tle farm laborpto beLhad and quite a

little farm land is lying idle. Most of

the laborers or renters have moved to

the city.—-B. E. C.



Kalamazoo County, May 1.--Wheat

in timber sections is. good, but that is

the open prairie regions osnhurt by

winter; Many oats are yet to be soWn.

Farmers are very short of help. Very

little grain left in the farmers? hands.

Wheat is worth $1.23; corn 700; oats

451. Farmers are not buying anything

but the necessities of life—L. F. ,H”.





 





c’ommc LIVE STOCK SALES.





 





Holstelns. , . '



May.15—-C.‘ E. Bone, Walled bake.



'Mich. 5 ~ ‘3 - \ 5



May 16-,—G_e_orge D..._Clark farm two

miles from Vassar, Mich.



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week- ending duty 1 cmbted

the! first sh tom-tho, or the con-

Tho total production to date is





 





. During the week all breeds resistor-

ed an. increase: The White Leghorns

were leading with sixty-one per cent

production, the Anconas coming sec-

and with fifty-four per cent, and the

Barred Rocks third with forty-six per

cent. ‘ .

The high producers among the in-

dividual pens were those of J. H. Van-

denbelt, with fifty-six eggs for the

week; Leuis 'N. Clark, with fifty-five,

and Alex. Clooster, with fifty-two.



The. record has been compiled of

the individual birds which made high

records during the six months. The

highest producer was a White Leg-

horn belonging to E. E. Shaw. This

bird laid 142 eggs. Next came a Bar-

red Rock belonging to\ L.- W. Dunn,

with a production of 140 eggs. Third





in rank was a White Leghorn belong-~





ing to G. Gommers, producing 129

eggs. The fourth highest producer is

a Barred Rock from H. E. Dennison’s

pen. This bird and a. White Wynn-

dotte on the Evergreen Poultry Formula"

produced 128 eggs each. In the total

production the leading pens in the con-

test rank as follows:

E E. Shaw, South Haven, Mich,

(Leghorns)

Northland Farms, Grand Rapids,

Mich, (Leghorns)

O. S. Thompson, Alien, Mich,

(Leghorn) sassaseso-ssoosssaa

B1 ummers Poultry Farm, Hol-

land, Miclh, (Rocks)

Evergreen Poultry Farm, Green-

ville, Mich., (Wyandottes) . . . .

W. C. Eckard, Paw Paw, Mich.





noose-OOOOIOCIOIOOII , 20





993

996

957

941





(Leghorns) 910

E D. Taylor, Kalahazoo, Mich,

(LeghornS) soonessoosU-ssaosaa 905





 





Anarim County, May 3.—Rye and

speltz look fairly good, but the new

seeding is somewhat damaged. So far

there has been little spring work done,

because the snow has been so late in

going oft—C. W.





 





 





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WANTED—mask animals or poultry. Submit price

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Tractor Plow $50; Bull Tread

All excellent





 





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MONEY to loan on first close control Mich on farms.

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to Dog Owners—Polk Miller’s famous dog



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HOUNDS HODNDS. HOUNDS, Fox. Coon. and

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bounds and puppies all ages. Beagles and choice

puppies. 10 cents for photosof hounds. H. C, Lytle,

Fredericksburg. Ohio. Dept Z.





 





GERMAN Shepherd. Alflddes. Collies: Old English





 





 





Shepherd dogs; Puppies: 10c illustrated instructive

list. W. ll. Watson. Box 35. Macon. .

POULTRY



PULLE'l‘S. Barron English White Leghorns. eight

weeks mot urity. May to October breeding flocks

repeatedly culled by experts. Extra large



orous, wedge shaped bodies. big lapped combs. "Lay-

bilt" in every way. Also breeding cockerels. Satis-

l’action and more, or money back. Morse White Log-





horn Farm, Belding, Mich





CABALLS BARRED ROCKS—Lead them all. Lead—

ing hen Natl. laying contest, over all breeders laying,

293 eggs. Ofllclai records 207 to 293.1.icadlng pen



over all breeds for winter months. Indiana Laying

contest this year. sin prices May. June and

July. Order real money makers. Chick and eggs

catalogue free. 6. emu, Hudsonvillo, Mich.





Evorgreen Poultry Farm won the silver cup at the

M A. C. Laying cutest” for highest winter produc-

tion with their lBred W) White Wymdot‘leo

Put the lay in urlecklswl me olthis



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KoflutquemBlanding ing&Sons.Dopt.

Greenvlile. M.leh





ltHODB ISLAND REDS-Bose Comb Cockcreio. hen-

hatched. lam raised. Mg. thrl! ty dark colored

M to $7. 50. No

.sls at. 910 each. Careful attention to mail orders.

on Stock Farm. Tecumseh. Michigan.





 





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table fowl. Eganooper fifteen. Ids Prensa,

City, Mich.





60 Giant Block Minorca Cocksrels 32.25.19“! $8.00

100. Mike Sch aster. Essexville. Michig





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CHICKS GUARANTEED— Health ,w grad thriv-



ing chicks. ksthat are me With



Agricultural College cockaeio, Barred wBooks. C.

Brown Leghoms. policies and





Annonas. White and

b aw .kenh. Sal’s arrival, postage paid. cata-

log tree. Fair-view Hatchery and Poultry Farms,

Route 2. Zeeland. Mich.





CHICKS-White Wyandottq and White Book, 818.



or100; 89.60 for50and$4.57 for 25. 13.1. Beds“



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or: e, lo yo 9 yer arante



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PROFITABLE CHICKS—Reduced prices, high quali-

ty. Selected heavy laying strains—Leghorn, Rocks.

Reds. Minorcas, Wysndottes. Orpingtons,

Almonds. 100% delivery. Catalog free.

crence. Geneva Hatchery. Box 604, Geneva. Indiana.





 





BABY CHICKS—Prices on our very best A-l English

White Leg. and Anconas, Chlx reduced to $11.50 per

100——$55.00 per Still—$105.00 per 1000. Get out do-

scnptive catalog or order direct from ad. Model

Poultry Farm. Zecland. Mich" Route 4.





BABY CHICKS—White Wyandottes. W'hlte Plymouth

Rocks, Boned Rocks, Bufl' Roclm, Bufl’ Orpingtonl.

R. I. Reds. White Leghorns. Durand Hatchery. Far

too. Mich, Box 404.





 





BABY CHICKS bargain prices. Barred Rocks. White

and Brown Leghorn. Guarantee full 100% all".

(we delivery. Hillview Poultry Farm Hatchery. B.

12. Holland, Mich.





QUALITY CHICKS. 081:5. Sixteen standard It'd

varieties. Best winner laying strains. Free delivery.

Reasonable prices. Catalog tree. Missouri Poultry

Farms. Columbia. Missouri.





 





BABY CHICKS from heavy egg producing strain.



Egsusiio 513:! m endear, ‘51 C. (W. Moi-11.1111 olefiely cul-

ve t‘ or tea. Mont I well



Route 1, Holland. Mich. “7'





BABY CHICKS. 15 Loading varieties.

(or 1923. The ldnd that lay early. Largo, Vigorous.

nutty kind. Lowest prices. Send for large catalog.

D. T. Farrow Chickerieo. Peoria. 111.





 





2% Million





 





 





BABY CHICKS—Remarkable for size and strength.

Reasonable prices. Leghorns, Anconas. Books. Reds.

Wyandottes. Orpinglons, Minomss. Spanish, Brahmas.

Tyrone Poultry Farm. Fenton, Mich





”1;:nt (131313587181! leading vagaries Write your

pee a p see on arge, a vent-o orde Free

catalog. H. H. Pierce, Jerome, Mich. n





 





QUALITY CHIX: thlte. Barred Rocks, Beds. ‘1‘.

White Leghorno, Annonas, $12. Order direct. Bonk

iglfemnce. Silver Spring Hatchery. Box 97. Ablngdlll,





 





EGGS THAT HATCH; Chicks that liVe. Low rl



xggofvergflgol prize: 3. Fuaislfiad Gigiyelrnmoxft 10:;

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STURDY CHICKS—Pure bred- to- -lo.y flocks single

8013b W11; e'keln leghoins. Ant-dongs, gods, White Wysn-

0 es. 111: s: cat unn rook



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BARRED ROCKS—JGggs and baby chicks from Slim

cup winners. Eggs $2. 00 per 15 delivered by? . 1’.

Circular tree. Fred Astling. Constantine, Mich.





 





 





STERLIN GQUALITY CHICKS—~14 varieties. Strong

laggileuohicks. Catalog tree. P. F. Ciardy, Box 0.

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BABY CHICKS—S. C. White Leghorno, mill,

selected, heavy producers, $12 deliveu gear.

sntced. Ralph Wenig, Hudson, Michigan.





gICigdARgggNgwRogng REDGE pure Park drain

arr y c s. 16 101mm.

eggs $2.00 or sottin . Hanover. fish. .





HELP WANTED





WANTED—Cow teeters for Michigan Cow Toe

Associations. Man with short coursotrainln dairy_

rienoe and fundamental? teedln knowletgmds-



xrngto become Aosociatlo n Testers ortheyear.nesl

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your wn expense wt LT TZER. Dal

Department Michigan Agricultural College. East"

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your mo 1" so removes c : savess 30%

fullygu aranteed. S



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WHITE—Hausa milk Testoous.

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Women’s

PrettyVoile

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V e r y attractive,

dainty voile dress



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pretty vestee

insert of organdy

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nah. This model

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more than

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14 to 20 years, 32

t was bust. Women's

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wanted. Choice of

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$1518





Soft kid ltather slipper.

two buttons. Medium round

Medium rubber heels.

bargain at our slashed price.

widths. Order black by No.

‘ by No. I8A229. Send no money-





, Pepular White

Canvas Sport





Patent Leather ‘





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cuffs. You will pay mum

more for a dress of equal

value elsewhere. Better

get your order in early

Sizes 39 to 53 bust. State size

6(‘holce of colors.





I I Black No.





I8E68l2. Navy. No. I8E68I3.

Send no money.

Pav onlyl $2. 98 and postage





Women’s Soft Kid





Strap Slippers





Stylish strap model with

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Solid oak leather ssoles.

111111228“. omi- brown





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style white canvas pump

eld tip. medallion on toe: Dat-

sent leather top. color and instep strap and heel; StaY.‘

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Auto owners-your opportunityto buy a fabrlctire

GUA ARANTEDD FOR 6,000 MILES for only $4. 98.

Positively the Biggest Bargain in America. But only

100.000 to be sold at. this matchless price. Better

not delay ordering. Send quick while stock lasts. No

money now. Pay only our smashed bargain price

and postage on arrival.





No. IBDIIMO. 30 x 33. Non-Skid or Rib .Tread 94.98

No. lBDlIMI, 30 x 3%, Non-Skid Tread .only $5.98





 





 

   





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Sharood offers you extia thick. live rubber inner tubes at I

big 51111111: Buy at these Lowest— in:Ameri1a Prices.

many shall we send? Pay only bargam price and postage on





arrival.





Greatly Reduced Tube. Prices





 

 

 

 

 

 





'304020. 30 X 3 ................... . . . . . . . . .................. $9.99



IBD4UZI, 30 X 3V2 ...........................................



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Women 3



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In blark patent leather—a stunning

one-strap model with ornament. on

strap, imitation shield tip medal-

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medium rubber heel. Sizes 2% to





Men’s, Boys’ &Little .. "

Boys’ Scout Shoes \





Fine scout shoe of

soft, pliable brown leath-

er. Absolutely guaran-

teed barnyard proof; re-

liable. sturdy soles; low.

broad leather heels: /

leather insoles: rein-

forced leather back

stay. Guaranteed to

stand hardest Wear.

Wide widths.





Be sure

to live





Order Men’s sizes. 6 to l2, No. l8A733. Send no

money. Pay SL9 93nd postage on arrival. Order lit-

tle boys’ sizes. 9 to l3'/2. by No. 18A565. Price SL551.

Order his boys’ sizes, I to 6, by No. I8A564. Price

$I.79. Pay bargain price and postage on arrival.

State size.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Women’s

Stitchdown

Patent Leather

or Brown Calf

Oxfords





Classy stinh- down

Oxford for women.

Wonderfully comfort-

able and stylish.

Smooth leather in-



- soles. ' Flexible Up-

pers of dark Brown





 

 

 





 





stitched- down ‘ 0 at

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' 111mm

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Plain vamp with medium toe and close edge



meals with low rubber heels.

'mdressy stylish new spring fashion that will be

all“) the rage damong the best dressed women.





Genuine oak soles.



, It's seldom that even

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Pay only SI. 98 and postage on arrival.





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Men's French-toe dress shoes or oxfords. in Brown





re

foratod.‘ oak soles and rubl?er heels.

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wide widths. Order 0

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